- “Kentucky rancher feeds candy to cows during drought.” Free markets.
- “Monoculture mania must and can be overcome.” Freedom of thought.
- “Agricultural development in emerging markets: virtual issue.” Free download.
- “If you grow corn or cabbages, the baboons steal them,” Khathazile said. Free enterprise.
Nibbles: Bees, Honey, Sequipedalis, Website, Conference
- “Most people are not aware of the fact that 84% of the European crops are partially or entirely dependent on insect pollination.” Right. I could have sworn it was 82%.
- That’s not their main concern in Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve in India, where Honey is Life.
- I had no idea yardlong bean was really a cowpea. The genes say so.
- Crop Wild Relatives & Climate Change, a new website from the Global Crop Diversity Trust, with just the right number of RSS feeds.
- And if it’s conference information you’re after, previews from the ASA, CSSA and SSSA Annual meetings:
As ever, if you’re there and want an outlet, we’re here.
Nibbles: Cassava Conference, Wikipedia
- Report on June’s Global Cassava Partnership conference available (behind a paywall, but you can email Glenn Hyman for a copy).
- Crops for the Future sings the praises of Wikipedia: “Instead of writing the umpteenth fact sheet on crop x, should we not consider improving the relevant Wikipedia article?”
Nibbles: Conference, Debate, Review, Radio, Conserve, Film, Label, Threats, Subsidies, Academics, Backyard Breeder
- The 2nd Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change “Hunger for Action” (Hanoi, Vietnam).
- Barder and Kinder Debate London Health Summit and Food Security Policy, so we don’t have to!
- A review of a review of restoration ecology for ecosystem services. Ag?
- The Seed Underground: listen to a radio interview with US author Janisse Ray. Ag!
- Or, if that fails to excite, listen to Save the axolotl! Um, sure, but why? and tell us whether there’s any ag in that.
- There’s definitely ag in More than Honey, a new documentary movie.
- FDA slaps down misleading claims of fortification (in chocolate syrup)
- Cassava mosaic and banana bacterial wilt add to the food security woes of DR Congo.
- Rice growers get all the goodies, complain Sri Lankan vegetable growers.
- Ivorian agricultural scientists to open access to their research results.
- A backyard breeder documents his search for a better bean.
Nibbles: Chicken history, Climate change, Quinoa, Smallholders
- When did the chicken cross the ocean? DNA tells all.
- Hot enough for you? James Hansen makes a statistical case.
- Quinoa mired in controversy. Will any of this affect grand plans for 2013 as International Year of Quinoa?
- Howard G. Buffett busts some myths about smallholder farmers.