Category: Nibbles

• Some heirloom tomatoes resist late blight, others not so much.
• Overweight or obese Americans at 68%, and holding steady. No epidemic, say free-thinkers.
• “No wonder kids are gaining weight.” But they aren’t, see above. (Where’s that sarc-mark when you need it?)
• Hydroelectric scheme to save Ifugao rice terraces, cut carbon emissions. W-w-w?
• Climate Change and Agrobiodiversity updates us on hot policy news. Thanks.
• IFAP updates its farmers on agricultural biodiversity. Thanks again.
• Small oats genebank evaluations make big progress with young crofters.
• Yam festivities in the Philippines.
• Psst, you want drought insurance for your camel herd? Oh, and Jeremy wants to know why this IFPRI stuff didn’t find its way into the story.
• “The ability to roam freely enables people and animals to exploit or avoid a wide range of natural and manmade habitats.” Still no cure for cancer.
• Barley helps wheat. But how, exactly? I think we should be told.
• Fiji sets up breadfruit genebank Which will hopefully help local agricultural entrepreneurs.
• Anastasia on introgression. At length.
• The biggest urban farm in Europe.
• A bite of Cheese(monger).
• Coconuts bad for birds bad for soil bad for plants bad for crabs. Ok then, let’s cut the damn things down, shall we?
• Cockney cuisine takes a turn for the worse. Well would you Adam and Eve it?
• Egyptian cat temple pix. Miaow.
• “…the first biofuel crop breeding programs for low-input systems are likely to accelerate progress by focusing on grass–legume bicultures.”
• And another from the Land Institute: “…harvested perennial
  grasslands provide valuable ecological benchmarks for agricultural sustainability.”