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Posted on September 28, 2007September 28, 2007

Bon appetit

Never rains but it pours. More food stuff from bookforum.com.

Posted on September 28, 2007September 28, 2007

The next big fruit?

Açaí: “nature’s perfect energy fruit.”

Posted on September 28, 2007

Marijuana displaces poppies

Afghan farmers diversify. Cheech and Chong unavailable for comment.

Posted on September 26, 2007

Another blogger in China

Looks like Jeremy is not the only foreigner with an interest in agriculture blogging his way around China. Jim Harkness, president of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy 1 “is blogging from China as he meets with experts on China’s food and farm system.” I wonder if he and Jeremy will meet up somewhere? If they do, I bet it will be at a market or banquet.

Posted on September 24, 2007September 26, 2007

Are farmers a dying breed?

I didn’t go looking for this. These three stories came to me independently, from different sources, from different parts of the world, but all within a day or two of each other. And all describing agriculture in crisis.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. Why the modern food system prizes uniformity even though resilience depends on diversity. Spoiler alert: follow the money.
    2. Historic crop varieties are finding renewed relevance as farmers contend with more volatile weather, emerging pests and changing markets. Let’s hope there’s money to conserve them.
    3. India’s traditional wheat varieties contain diversity that could help breeders develop crops better able to withstand heat and drought. Let’s hope there’s money to conserve them.
    4. India announces significant progress in conserving its wild rice genetic resources. Great that there was money to conserve them.
    5. Community seed banks across Kenya are calling for formal recognition and sustained support, arguing that locally managed collections strengthen seed sovereignty, preserve traditional varieties and help farming communities adapt to climate change. Yes, but are they enough without national genebanks?
    6. Researchers are racing to conserve wild coffee species whose genetic diversity may provide the resistance and resilience needed to secure tomorrow’s morning cup. Is the industry contributing, though ?
    7. New history of the macadamia traces its remarkable journey from Australia’s native forests to a global crop, while underscoring why conserving the remaining wild populations is essential for the crop’s long-term future.
    8. Researchers at the University of the South Pacific investigate how taro can withstand climate change, combining research with conservation to help protect one of the region’s most culturally and nutritionally important staple crops.
    9. Chester Zoo collects seeds from highly threatened cacti, because why not?

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