Nibbles

Nibbles: Wild pig, Indicators, Ethiopian agrobiodiversity, Traditional crops, Purple haze, Fraises des Bois, Chef prize, Breadfruit, Sorghum nutrition, Moringa, NWFP, Barcoding, Arnold Arboretum

Warty pig saved by genomics.
So apparently there’s a Biodiversity Barometer. Via the Biodiversity Indicator Partnership.
Traditional crops survive, but under threat, in Ethiopian highlands. And a whole issue of Farming Matters on why it’s important that they do survive.
More on that purple wheat heirloom variety coming back from the brink.
Going back to the original European strawberry. No, I’m not going to make any jokes about that.
There’s going to be a Nobel for chefs. If they can make use of breadfruit, they’ll deserve it.
Yes, sorghum rotis can taste good. And they’re good for you.
Big Moringa shill makes case for next superfood :)
Did I already say that FAO’s Nonwood Forest Products Newsletter seems to have been resurrected? Do subscribe.
On my work blog, I say genebanks could be a bit more like supermarkets.
Collecting trees.

Aussie native vegetables on the menu. No Latin names, but Rhizowen Radix tell me: youlk = Platysace deflexa; kulyu = Ipomoea calobra.
Another non-scientifically named plant is set to save the Amazon. Turns out it’s Ilex guayusa. Probably.
World Bank to build genebank in Bolivia.
World Coffee Research puts out nice variety catalogue.
Our paper of a couple of years ago on globalized diets makes it to Scientific American and gets mashed up with the latest one.
Purple patch for Purple Straw?
Yes, you can garden clams.

What the Pacific islands need to do about climate change. What, nothing about conserving and using crop diversity? My friends at CePaCT will be pissed.
What West African farmers are doing about climate change.
Yeah, I guess it’s not always and only about crop diversity. But would it kill them to mention it?
And if you’re interested where the Pacific (and West Africa, and everywhere else) gets its food from…
Peruvian black mint is a thing. But not a relative of coriander.
Yaupon is also a thing. Though it won’t go far with that scientific name.
Recreating a Renaissance herb garden. Because we can. Where’s the Peruvian black mint, though?
Eat rare breeds to conserve them. Not rare advice.
No wall can keep out landrace maize.
Ethiopian beer gets a boost.

It’s not the science, stupid.
More kelp, sir?
New genome promises ~~world domination~~ non-allergenic peanut.
The diet of Roman soldiers in Glasgow could have been worse. But did they have take-out?
There is no more Nature, capital N.

There’s Carolina Gold in them thar hills. Latest in a long list…
Kava in the Pacific, island by island.
A really ugly heirloom turnip is Vermont’s state vegetable. In other news, there are state vegetables.
This video will make you want to make your own paper, I guarantee it.
Oh come on, we missed Peru’s National Potato Day?
Crop remains confirm Malagasy origins. But was Carolina Gold among them? Here’s the paper.