- Oh bliss. Ethiopian honey travels to Norway, sweet deal for both ends. Locavores perplexed?
- The Economist hot for bio-char.
- “Our family has farmed this land forever. We’re part of the corn, and its part of us.”
Nibbles: Conference, Organics, horses, bio-char
- The UNU-WIDER Project on “African Development: Myths and Realities” looks at the reasons put forward for Africa’s disappointing development record, attempting to differentiate between myth and reality. Via CAPRi News.
- Stirring up the organic is better hornet’s nest
- “Brits use wild horses to promote biodiversity.” A rare breed, too.
- back40 is bothered by the lack of real progress on biochar.
Nibbles: Forest smells, Paris herbarium, Native Seeds/SEARCH, Vertical farms, Biofuels
- Taking in the Atmosphere of the Forest is good for you.
- The Paris herbarium sorts itself out. ‘Bout time too.
- Some scientists are … keeping seeds on ice for future generations, but one Arizona seed farm is cultivating them in the desert sun.
- At last. Ford Denison blasts the vertical farm nuts. So we don’t have to.
- Fill ‘er up — with watermelon juice?
Nibbles: Bee genes, Organics, Swaminathan, Apples, Africa, Late blight, More bees, Agroforestry
- USDA screens bee genes, does not find smoking gun.
- Organic industry needs to focus on “wider benefits to avoid losing customers to other ethical issues”. Er … right.
- M.S. Swaminathan talks to the Wall Street Journal. With added video goodness.
- UK newspaper discovers the threatened home of the wild apple.
- Sustainable farming is the way forward for Africa. Course it is.
- Blight resistant potatoes. No, really. They are.
- The Barefoot Beekeeper.
- ICRAF identifies a silver-bullet tree to revive African soils.
Nibbles: Agroforestry, Korean fruit, Sami knowledge, Date palm, Havana
- World Agroforestry Congress has a blog. Welcome to the blogosphere!
- Evil Fruit Lord does Korea. Korea still reeling.
- Sámi herders have lots of words for reindeer pastures. No, wait…
- UAE boffins fingerprinting their dates. Why, what have they done?
- Yet more on Cuban urban/organic agriculture from the BBC.