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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on November 27, 2009November 27, 2009

Nibbles: Climate change edition

  • Climate change good for wild boar. And bores?
  • Climate change good for English wine makers.
  • Climate change bad for Africa. Already.
  • Climate change bad for Nenets and their reindeer. Already.
  • Organic farming will solve climate change.
  • Ecotourism will solve climate change.
  • China going crazy for garlic. Because of climate change? Nope, swine flu.
Posted on November 25, 2009November 25, 2009

Nibbles: Mutton, Vegetaballs, Orchids

  • Why real farming needs great cooking. Upland mutton? I’d eat that.
  • Down-your-throat vegetarianism. Justine bouche? I’d eat that.
  • Orchid cuisine in Bhutan. Olachotho? I’d eat that.
Posted on November 24, 2009November 24, 2009

Nibbles: Cupuaçu, Policies

  • Say hello to cupuaçu, the Next Big Thing.
  • Ten proposals to support agricultural biodiversity in Europe.
Posted on November 23, 2009November 23, 2009

Nibbles: Satellites, Nutmeg, Thanksgiving food, Fungi, Moroccan wine

  • Farming from space.
  • (Part of) the history of nutmeg.
  • “Eat Like a Pilgrim.”
  • Biggest fungal collection in the world created.
  • Loss of indigenous grape varieties not holding Moroccan winemakers back.
Posted on November 20, 2009November 20, 2009

Nibbles: Bison, GMOs, Maize map, Snails, Fruit bat market, News

  • Buffalo on California’s Santa Catalina island being sterilized. In other news, there are buffaloes on Santa Catalina island.
  • GMO hotspots deconstructed. Zzzzz.
  • Maize genome mapped. Zzzzz.
  • Nigerian nutritionist pushes slimy micro-livestock. France surrenders.
  • How to shop for fruit bats.
  • New newsletter from Nepalese NGO. Li-Bird, where is it on your site?

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. A North Macedonian professor’s 15-year rescue mission for landraces and crops surviving only in remote villages. Why bother? Stay tuned…
    2. Ancient grapevines in Tigray represent a unique genetic lineage with potential value for breeding varieties adapted to dryland conditions.
    3. Hawai’i Public Radio checks in on Maui’s coconut genebank. Useful to breed varieties adapted to really wet conditions, presumably.
    4. The Cayman Islands are also hoarding coconuts, along with lots of tasty fruits.
    5. A USD 400,000 boost from Taiwan for the Eswatini national genebank. Indigenous vegetables get much-needed love.
    6. A regional survey of 25 orphan crops across 13 Latin American countries finds quinoa and amaranth well-catalogued, but characterization budgets are the real bottleneck. Collecting and conserving in genebanks is great, but not enough.
    7. South Korea puts 330,000 seed accessions under “double lock”, hedging against both climate change and war. Conserving in one place is not enough.
    8. FAO warns that nearly a third of the world can’t afford the USD 4.28 a day that a healthy diet costs — nearly three billion people, and rising. That’s why we need al the above, I guess.

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