- Head of Convention on Biological Diversity says nothing to Reuters about climate change and agriculture.
- Link farm lists Top 50 Botany Blogs. We reciprocate.
- “[M]ost of us are the beneficiaries of millennia of acclimatization“. Rachel disses the Columbian Exchange.
- “Men didn’t grind, let alone gentlemen.” Rachel disses Iberian explorers.
- Back40 has a beef with supermarket nonsense. There is grass-fed beef in America.
- The Naked Pint: beers gone wild
Nibbles: LEISA, climate change in the US and India, Cocoa
- ILEIA celebrated 25 years with a conference yesterday. Reports to appear on the blog. h/t Danny
- Summary of the big ag bash in Copenhagen.
- US fruits and vegetables most at risk from climate change, says USDA.
- Wine and corn (maize) too!
- Perhaps they could learn from Indian farmers?
- Cocoa price highest for 32 years. Good news for cocoa farmers? I doubt it.
Nibbles: Forests, Climate change, Campaign, Water chestnuts, Research, Fruit
- “Countries can clear massive amounts of forest and still claim that deforestation had not occurred“. Wha?
- Biodiverse agriculture to meet climate challenge. Really?
- Diversity for Life campaign launches, but Official Site links to wrong Offical Site. This is where it should go.
- Water chestnuts. Fascinating.
- No sign of agricultural biodiversity in agricultural research masterplan.
- Vital Christmas supplies of Crataegus mexicana — aka Tejocote — no longer illegal in the US. h/t Rachel.
Nibbles: Aquaculture, Pilchards et al. protected, Mongolian nomads, Tropical wine
- FAO on climate change and aquaculture.
- Cornish sardines sigh huge sigh of relief at attaining EU protection.
- “Planned activities include supporting small businesses, improving access to local and regional markets and reintroducing abandoned traditions such as felt-making for clothing and yurts.” Sounds like a barrel of laughs.
- “…patronizing our local fruit wines also means helping small farmers and communities that are collecting the fruits used for making these wines.” Anybody try this?
Nibbles: Hunger, Stereotypes
- Farm workers most food insecure. For shame.
- Forget the stereotype of the ignorant Farmer John, riding on a tractor spewing black fumes and chewing on a piece of straw. Whose stereotype would that be?