Nibbles

Nibbles: Breeding, Art, Bison, Pumpkin seeds, Sweet potato, Bambara groundnut, Carnival

Cary Fowler on the need to breed.
MRIs of fruits and vegetables. Well, why not?
The genetic consequences of bovine inter-specific sex explained. SFW.
How Mrs Joséphine Enoce Bouanga makes milk from squash seeds in Pointe-Noire.
Gates Foundation orange sweet potato project in Mozambique. Still waiting to hear what they’re going to do with all those useless landraces they’ll be replacing.
Nourishing the Future does Lost Crops of Africa 101. Beginners, start there, but don’t expect to be taken anywhere interesting.
Blog carnival Scientia Pro Publica #35 is up, but what’s with the verse alphabetical order? Harummph.

Palmhugger, an oilpalm advocacy group, likens Greenpeace to Goebbels. Who are they really? CIFOR is linking to them on Facebook, so they’re probably kosher, right?
Nice story on breadfruit in Hawaii.
More barcoding stuff.
Reader: We must have a bank of seeds of our fruits and vegetables. Minister of Agriculture: We do!
Australian wheat boffins: “Adaptation strategies need to be considered now to prevent substantial yield losses in wheat from increasing future heat stress.”

Let them eat yoghurt. Danone targets the poor. h/t Tom
Eating Mexico City, one street at a time. Bookmarked.
It’s The Archers, Jim, but not as we know it. Soaps spread (agro)innovation.
The Crawford Fund Conference does biodiversity (in Australia)
New Agriculturist reports on a discussion of development in Africa. Is anybody listening?
Food markets freed! A little. In one US state.
Local leafy greens all the rage in Kenya. Yeah, yeah. No but seriously, one of the great changes in the past 10 years, and a major agrobiodiversity success story.

Focus on ecosystem conservation: grasslands in South Africa, mangroves around the world.
FAO says cooperatives are good for you.
Great set of cacao photos from Sustainable Harvest International.
Video Q&A on agroforestry with Dr Dennis Garrity, Director General of ICRAF.