- Tangled Bank 116. Where I discovered that Differential Grasshoppers prefer damaged sunflowers.
- Urban Farmer wins MacArthur “Genius Grant”.
- Irish Forum on Genetic Resources, 19 November. Who will report for us?
- New bean varieties boost incomes and food supply in Uganda.
Nibbles: Link, Mango, Chickens, Apples, Urban, Aquaculture, More chickens
- Our latest link. Mas du Diable in France.
- The history of mango in Florida discussed.
- Historic poultry publication.
- Did I hear somebody say English apples are not very interesting? Via.
- A wheat crop grows in Manhattan.
- Hands-on aquaculture.
- Animal farm.
Nibbles: Worms, Cowpeas, Vavilov, Asian carp, Genebanks, Cassava
- DNA splits earthworms. Not many people hurt.
- Cookin’ up a mess of field peas. Not many people hurt.
- Talking about N.I. Vavilov at the NAL. I know, I know. He embodies a discredited and outmoded paradigm. But still.
- “I got hit in the back once,†said Mr. O’Hara. “It left an imprint of a fish.â€
- How Stuff Works: new one on genebanks; old one on seed banks.
- Cuba promotes hurricane-resistant cassava variety.
Nibbles: Bison, Jordan, Apples, Opium
- More than you’ve ever wanted to know about bison.
- Why can we all just get along? An effort to save The River Jordan. Via.
- Looking for the universe in a grain of sand? Apple diversity in East Yorkshire.
- The pros and cons of legalizing opium in Afghanistan.
Nibbles: Cacao, Pamphlets, Breadfruit, Goats, Milk, Economic drivers, Truffles
- Cacao comes in 10 “flavours”, not just 3.
- PDFs of pamphlets on different aspects of agricultural biodiversity from FAO.
- Diane Ragone interviewed on breadfruit.
- Something for the weekend, Mr Goat?
- Got yak milk?
- High livestock prices mean lots of livestock on the land means low biodiversity on farmland. Here comes the science.
- NatGeo video on the trouble with truffles.