Nibbles

Nibbles: Kerr reports, Monsanto shares, Thailand patents

Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture mourns loss of agricultural biodiversity, issues report.
Monsanto “shares with farmers the science behind the technology.” Nice of them.
Thailand patents (transgenic) jasmine rice to “keep foreigners out of our paddy fields.” So much to say about this, so little time.

“In the face of climate change, keeping diverse, resilient ecosystems is one of the strongest tools for adaptation.”
Getting high in Eden.
Chinese ate freshwater fish 40,000 years ago.
British MPs finish cleaning their moats, decide to save the honeybee.
Worm power!
LEISA 25:2 is out.
Przewalski’s horse gets first ever reverse vasectomy.
Early farmers used camel-drawn carts.
Using Google Earth to map bunnies in Australia. And then kill them.
Farming the savannah. What could go wrong?
Stressed out? Try kava. With audio goodness.

Oldest rice research facility in Western Hemisphere turns 100.
ICRISAT DG plugs his genebank, says “India should start investing for the long-term sustainability of the farming sector particularly in dryland agriculture.”
Seed-saving in Arkansas.
The Archaeobotanist reviews rice domestication. And again.
Nordics to discuss how to develop products based on local livestock breeds.

Climate change shrinking sheep, exploding insect populations.
Japanese boffins sequencing tuna genome, planning super-tuna. Godzilla unavailable for comment.
Birds eat beetles which eat seeds. So no birds, no forest. Such is the wonderful web of life.
Buffalo cloning and its future. But what is that guy in the picture doing?

Giant spitting earthworms need love too.
“…local subsidies to artisanal fisheries have also proved to contribute to the disappearance of species, as in the case of Senegal.” Oh, come on, gimme a break!
Urban Agriculture Magazine wants your contributions on “Urban Nutrient Management“. via CFtF.
Inbred bumblebees less successful.
What do you geek? Interesting campaign. Well, what do you geek?