- University of Hawaii’s work on taro summarized.
- Watch out for FAO’s new NWFP-Digest. Non-timber, non-wood; what’s the difference?
- The transition of maca from neglect to market prominence. Free download.
- Maize and malaria in Ethiopia.
- Gary Nabhan interviewed. Again.
- NPR on the limits of the Green Revolution.
- Cocks still fighting in India.
- The early Egyptians “…were very aware of the benefits that natural additives can have—especially if dissolved into an alcoholic medium, like wine or beer.”
- Brosimum alicastrum to the rescue.
- Uganda’s biofuel hopes dashed by virus? Say it aint so.
Nibbles: Mopane, Evolution, Cacao
- Food shopping in Harare includes dried caterpillars by the sackful. Luigi says: “Yum”.
- Carnival of Evolution #10 at The Oyster’s Garter. Jeremy says: “Yum”.
- Ecological cacao. We all say: “Yum”.
Nibbles: Mopane, Evolution, Cacao
- Food shopping in Harare includes dried caterpillars by the sackful. Luigi says: “Yum”.
- Carnival of Evolution #10 at The Oyster’s Garter. Jeremy says: “Yum”.
- Ecological cacao. We all say: “Yum”.
Nibbles: Soil diversity, Coffee, Ants, Haskap, Biochar
- “Spreading antibiotics in the soil affects microbial ecosystems“. No shit.
- Drink more (Rwandan) coffee. What about the other coffee countries?
- Cane toad nemesis: meat ants. Eeyew.
- 1st Virtual International Scientific Conference On Lonicera caerulea L. Via .
- The biochar backlash. Oliver snips and links.
Nibbles: Venezuela, Bangladesh, Climate change, Geographic indications, Dried herbs, Maize, Cydonia, Snakes, Hawaii, Pinot passion
- “For some, eating out at an arepa place is turning into a luxury.” Go Chavez!
- “Two farmer families live adjacent with one another. One has a good quality mango tree and other one has same as a jackfruit tree.” Discuss.
- “Ex situ conservation in genebanks must expand dramatically.”
- “…the question concerns how [geographic indication] could help develop commercial food crop growing, fix agricultural and food know-how, ensure food security in rural areas, and alleviate poverty.” That indeed is the question.
- “Il profumo dell’origano di Sicilia rimane integro sino allo sbriciolamento.” I would hope so!
- Purple maize used to make dyes. What’s wrong with just eating the damn stuff?
- “…it was probably a quince and not an apple or Cheeto that Adam tempted Eve with.”
- Farming snakes in Thailand.
- “Instead of being a source of health and well-being for the land and people, the American system of industrial agriculture has become a source of problematic food and even fear.” Via.
- “Pinot Noir first came to America … in the middle years of the 19th century.”