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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on October 27, 2008October 27, 2008

Nibbles: Creole cooking, Cattle, Greenhouses, Cartograms

  • Seychelles’ “living botanical herbarium of Creole Culture.”
  • Kerala tries to save Vechur cattle.
  • Terra Madre day 3: Tom ♥ Vandana.
  • Pix of how intelligent greenhouses can be used to grow huge vegetables. I wonder if these technique can be applied to regenerating accessions in genebanks
  • Don’t you just love cartograms?
Posted on October 26, 2008October 26, 2008

Nibbles: Vege-juice, Urban livestock, Seeds, Slow Food

  • Drink vegetable diversity for better nutrition. Jeremy sez: “Too salty”. And asks: “Who paid?”
  • “So why isn’t everyone living this locavore dream of having organic, free-range eggs for nearly nothing, right from their own backyard? Well, for one thing, it’s illegal.”
  • Blogger Seed Network. Explained. Make it grow.
  • Terra Madre, more notes from the Gristmill.
Posted on October 25, 2008October 25, 2008

Nibbles: Cereal, Bushmeat, Aquaculture, Olive oil

  • Neolithic parboiled bulgur wheat.
  • Applying “catch shares” to bushmeat.
  • The pros and cons of fish farming in Latin America.
  • “It’s a masochistic business. Masochistic.”
Posted on October 24, 2008October 24, 2008

Nibbles: Bananas, Avocadoes, Slow Food, Chilli, Sweet potatoes

  • Red bananas: one man’s story.
  • Avocado mayonnaise: one woman’s story.
  • Terra Madre, Day 1: one man’s story. Almost like being there.
  • Indoor hot pepper: someone’s grandad’s story.
  • Sweet potatoes: several people’s stories.
Posted on October 23, 2008October 23, 2008

Nibbles: Milk, Capsicum, Beef, Fruits

  • Adventures in Food No. 1: Camel milk chocolate.
  • Adventures in Food No. 2: Hawaiian Chili Water.
  • Adventures in Food No. 3: Beef.
  • Adventures in Food No. 4: Fruits from abandoned orchards.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. A little more safety for Ukraine’s seeds, thanks to a new genebank.
    2. A little more safety for Mexico’s native maize, thanks to Pres. Sheinbaum.
    3. A little more safety for Andean agriculture, thanks to Ecuadorian Indigenous women and Inside Mater in Peru.
    4. A little more safety for Ischia’s zampognaro bean and Amalfi’s lemons, thanks to local people (and GIAHS).
    5. A little more safety for Pacific crops, thanks to cryopreservation. Breadfruit next?
    6. A little more safety for moringa? At least in Africa with all its “opportunity crops”?

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