Nibbles

Nibbles: Health, Fungi, Health, Pollan, Organic

Nobellist praises biodiversity, ignores food.
TED video on world-saving mushrooms.
God: “Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yieleling seed; to you, it shall be for meat.“
Pollan: “Vote with your fork, for a different kind of food. Go to the farmer’s market. Get out of the supermarket… Plant a garden… Declare your independence from the culture of fast food.”
Rodale Institute: “Yield data just by itself makes the case for a focused and persistent move to organic farming systems.”

Early Peruvians didn’t brush their teeth. On the plus side, they had a tasty, varied diet.
Mangrove rice farming in West Africa: The Book.
“Could it be that vegetables are the new meat?“
Wild relative rescues barleys threatened by Russian pests.
Gates supports McKnight supports poor farmers.
Vavilov does Formosa.
Ethiopian Commodity Exchange gets to grips with coffee. Starbucks unavailable for comment.

Lots of agrobiodiversity in one little piece of Neolithic string.
Traditional cow breed saves plant saves rare moth. The elusive agrobiodiversity win-win-win?
Centenarian arboreal agrobiodiversity artfully pruned.
Burning agrobiodiversity. But in a good way. And for a good cause.
Plant parts create Yuletide fantasy.
Speaking of Yuletide, Christmas trees need diversity too. And Michigan State is there.
Sure, it’s impressive, but is it a potato?
Farming on the edge … of a large reservoir. Life has its ups and downs.
Aristotle on bison faeces. Yes, that Aristotle.

mtDNA inheritance not so straightforward after all. Everybody panic.
Some bison herds more diverse than others. Care needed in genetic management of species. Well I never.
It’s not a food crisis, it’s a crop diversity crisis.