- “Organic management practices appear to result in elevated levels of grain micronutrient concentration.” By no means the whole story.
- Tom too takes The Economist to task.
- Afghanistan’s opium growers. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
- Nixtamalization for the rest of us. More than you could ever want to know. Rye tortillas!
- Chocolate began with leftover beer? Seems unlikely.
- Take the fight to the monster’s lair. Swap seeds in Brussels. h/t Patrick.
- Dogs or dholes? Yeah I didn’t know what they were either.
- There was a workshop on “Seed System and Climate Change” in Bhutan a month ago.
- Big biofuel project in Tanzania bites the dust. And the land they “leased,” what happened to that?
- Ancient grinding holes. Might mesquite be another edible never domesticated?
Nibbles: Cloves in Zanzibar, Invasive species, Fingerprinting genebanks, Seed ownership, Pollinator photography, Columbids
- Clovefield.
- They Eat Invasives, Don’t They?
- The Wrong Seeds.
- Seeds of One’s Own.
- Bee Photographs.
- Clay Pigeons.
Nibbles: Ecoagriculture, Agroforestry, New Agriculturist, Banana genebank
- Didn’t quite believe The Economist? Neither does Prof. de Schutter.
- Specialty Crops for Pacific Island Agroforestry ready for prime time.
- New Agriculturist celebrates women.
- Banana network newsletter celebrates the International Transit Centre. Maybe it could treat itself to a new name?
Nibbles: UG99, Synsepalum dulciforum
- Slim pickings 1: “Rust never sleeps.”
- Slim pickings 2: silly idea for solving world hunger.
Nibbles: Biofuels, Avocado, Seed systems, Himalaya, Umbria
- Corn and ethanol, sitting in a tree … it’s complicated.
- More than anyone — except us — could ever want to know about the avocado. h/t Nicola.
- FAO prescribes seed systems for small farmers. h/t CIAT blog.
- Slides about agricultural biodiversity in the Himalaya; wish I knew what to make of it, if anything.
- Umbria says “COLTIVIAMO LA BIODIVERSITÀ“.
Test question (no prizes): What’s the link between avocados and orchids?