- Potatoes from seed. Anyone (with a garden) can do this.
- Orwell on irrigation.
- Edible phonebooks (some assembly needed).
Nibbles: Sturgeon, UK, Goats, Bees
- North America’s largest freshwater fish saved from extinction.
- 10 years ago, Britain’s National Trust turned “its biggest managed farm into a gigantic experiment as an antidote to intensive farming” in Snowdonia.
- The origin of the goat investigated.
- Tracking bees.
Nibbles: Coffea, Tequila, Livestock wild relatives, Rice wine, Vit. D, Statistics
- Wild coffee studied; report from Madagascar.
- Adding value to tequila. Lots of value.
- Vietnamese farmers go wild.
- Vietnamese farmers get drunk.
- All about Vitamin D.
- “…cranberries are the neglected stepchild of the season.”
- What does that make the turkey?
- Gates Foundation moves into space. Via.
Nibbles: Walnut, Canada, Drought
- Black walnut butter, anyone?
- Canadian agricultural excellence rewarded.
- Assessing drought tolerance in a cool new way.
Nibbles: US, Wheat, Drylands, Cacao, Fast food, Cheese, Dogs
- USDA goes to the closets.
- Brazil to teach Tunisia how to grow wheat. Exchange of germplasm involved.
- ICRISAT DG makes a pitch for dryland farmers. And aquaculturists?
- A plan for cacao sustainability in Africa agreed. Germplasm not involved?
- Americans eat a lot of corn. A lot.
- The romance of cheese-making. Romance? These people should get out more.
- Peru offers Obamas a “cute” puppy. I still prefer the Mexican version.