Nibbles

Nibbles: Markets, Easter Island, Honey, Coffee, Cowpea, Morocco, Urban Ag, Kenya

I love pictures of agrobiodiversity in markets.
Humans did for trees on Rapa Nui after all, not rats.
Like refining chocolate, extracting honey is a fragrant, messy process. Bring it on.
Fair Trade coffee unfair to farmers, CIAT says.
Another day, another genome. This time it’s cowpea.
2000 year old food forest in Morocco. Honestly! And guess what? It’s not thriving.
Another video (long). Education of an Urban Farmer.
Education of an ex-pastoralist farmer, Karamojong, Kenya

Pamela Akinyi Nyagilo wins prize for teaching Kenyan kids to grow indigenous greens. In 2007, but better late with the news than never.
The Great War did for truffles?
“Does a local food system truly enhance the integrity of a community, much less make the peasant the equal of a prince and eliminate greed?” And more. And more. And more. And…
Crop art, and more. And more.
Brassica seeds survive 40 years in a genebank with no loss of viability. Phew.
“It seems that, while discount and low-end retailers face more difficulties selling organic products, specialised organic shops and high-end retailers continue to develop beyond expectations.”
“As Andy Jarvis, an award-winning crop scientist, puts it: ‘When you look at the graph, under even small average heat rises, the line for maize just goes straight down.’ “

Sometimes breeding better cowpeas is not enough, they need to be bagged properly.
Sometimes breeding better apples is not enough, they need to be bagged properly.
Biofortifying brassica through breeding. No bags involved.

What I’ve always wanted: laser machine to “tattoo” fruit for identification.
Latest version of USDA’s Premier Nutrient Database. Nothing below the species level that I could see.
Traditional food fair at National Museum of Kenya. Sounds like fun.
Photos of Chinese rural dwellings. And some of the surrounding agrobiodiversity. Very fine.