- 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.
Nibbles: Meat, Meet
- Visayan warty piglet eaten. Python blamed.
- Biodiversity and Agricultures: Today’s Challenges, Tomorrow’s Research for More Sustainable Farmingâ€. Can’t wait for November 5th.
Nibbles: Heirlooms, Seed, Ethnic cuisine, Meat, Sheep
- “The ‘Heirloom Tomato Salad’ was made with a mix of Sweet 100 and Sungold tomatoes — both of which are hybrid varieties.”
- FARMER’S NOTEBOOK: The importance of preserving native seed varieties.
- Increasing culinary diversity in the US.
- Eat a kangaroo and save the planet. No? How about moose then? You can have too much culinary diversity, perhaps.
- Climate change: the silver lining.