- Maize origins investigated.
- Plants climb mountains.
- Rice endures, too.
- “How would our federal government respond if 1 out of every 3 cows was dying?“
- Bees in trouble in India too, but maybe not for same reason.
- We’ve blogged about 冬虫å¤è‰ before, but I personally can never get enough of the stuff.
- Apple breeding bears fruit in India.
- Videos of urban agriculture in Washington DC. Via.
Nibbles: Medicinal rice, Dairy, Dates, Food, Cuba, Mango
- Red rice extract prevents heart problems.
- Got milk?
- Marrakesh date palms in trouble. But back in 2002 Gary Martin was doing something about it, I thought.
- “Diet for a small planet” revisited.
- Cuba’s urban agriculture revolution.
- “The Mango Mela, an agricultural fair dedicated to the fruit, … featured only 20 varieties, compared with more than 100 last year.”
Nibbles: Maize, CWRs, CBD, Icelandic food, Coffee, Incense, Biodiversity Day, Medicinals, Farmers’ rights
- The history of tejate in Mexico illuminates “central irony of globalization.” Cheers!
- WWF says crop wild relatives and landraces in centres of diversity are threatened. Right.
- Danny Hunter reports along much the same lines from COP9, and then reports some more. Such a workhorse!
- The intricacies of Nordic food preparation. Would you say this was cooked, Jeremy?
- Today’s how-x-changed-the-world story brought to you by coffee. Great after rotten shark too.
- Frankincense is good for you. Hippies comment at length.
- Jeremy earns his keep.
- TRAFFIC promotes project ‘Saving Plants that Save Lives and Livelihoods’ at COP9, including with video.
- And the websites just keep on coming. One on Farmers’ Rights launched too.
Nibbles: Drugs, Cotton, Localsource, Bees, Sunflowers
- Insights into Dutch cannabis breeding. Dude unavailable for comment.
- Cotton diversity link-fest.
- Head of World Food Programme on buying locally.
- US bee health: not good. Via.
- Australian sunflowers to improve US varieties; Luigi more confused than ever.
Non-wood forest products highlighted
The new NWFP-Digest is online, and as usual points to some great information, including lots of stuff on bamboo for some reason this month. And I don’t know how I missed the great article on women cashing in on indigenous trees in Tanzania when it first came out back in March.