- European are growing more vegetables. But how much of that is heirlooms?
- Canadian boffins grow wild potatoes for the leaves.
- Chinese wasp going to roast Italy’s chestnuts.
- The genetics of swine geography. Or is it the geography of swine genetics?
- The diversity of sauces.
- Cooking Flipper.
- Genetically engineered brewer’s yeast + cellulose-eating bacterium + biomass = methyl halides.
- Wild sheep runs wild in Cyrpus.
- “It can be planted in farms because it does not compete for resources with corn, coffee or bananas and acts as a nitrogen-fixing agent in the soil. The mpingo is also considered a good luck tree by the Chagga people who live on the slopes of the Mt. Kilimanjaro.”
Nibbles: Indian livestock, Breadfruit, Grants, CIAT, Coffee
- “Estimates indicate that 50% of the indigenous goat, 30% of sheep, 20% of cattle and almost all poultry breeds are threatened.”
- Fiji studies breadfruit varieties.
- Research grants for young scientists in developing countries. ABD is in. Via .
- CIAT has a blog, and it’s pretty.
- Small coffee farmers honoured in Peru. For conservation!
Nibbles: Bamboo, Methane, Obama, Pests
- Fiat ghost paper. From bamboo.
- “If a cow burps, how do you measure it?“
- Recruiting drive: “I want you to continue to be my little ambassadors in your own home and your own communities.”
- “Insects and humans compete for food.” Say it isn’t so, Lubin Library.
Nibbles: Wild sweet potatoes, Celiac, Chains, Medicinal tea, Salvia
- How to do interspecific crosses in Ipomoea.
- Proprietary blend of amaranth, buckwheat, teff, millet, quinoa, sorghum and cassava flour for gluten-free diets.
- Making food standards work for smallholders. Yeah, right.
- Rauvolfia vomitoria leaf tea good for diabetes. Bit worried about that epithet though.
- Mexican sage banned in another state. Pass the peyote then.
Nibbles: Bat fungus, Rain making, Moose
- Fungus eats bats that eat insects that eat crops.
- Bacteria in crops make rain. Enough of this weirdness!
- One moose or two?