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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on May 12, 2008May 12, 2008

Nibbles: NUS, Value-added, Values, Genebank, IPR

  • New Agriculturist focuses on neglected species.
  • Chocolate, wine… Fellow could have himself a pretty good weekend in Vegas with that lot.
  • Irish evaluate biodiversity, apparently ignore agriculture.
  • Sasa schemes to save Scottish landraces.
  • The Indian Seed and Patent Acts dissected.
Posted on May 9, 2008May 11, 2008

Nibbles: reindeer

  • Reindeer vary in domesticability, have been independently domesticated a couple of times. Santa Claus unavailable for comment.
Posted on May 8, 2008May 9, 2008

Nibbles: Ancient grains, ex situ, onions, organic, marine resources

  • Lots of new products feature ancient grains; King Tut unavailable for comment.
  • How genebanks work. Both Jeremy and Luigi available for comment and editing services.
  • Crackdown on onion smuggling.
  • Alleged myths about organic farming.
  • First Americans ate seaweed.
Posted on May 6, 2008May 6, 2008

Nibbles: Insects, EMBRAPA, Prices, Cuba, Supermarkets

  • Climate change threatens tropical insects and their pollination services.
  • Brazil rises in world genebank rankings.
  • Food price crisis advice summarized.
  • Cuba “sustainable” agriculture at crossroads.
  • Supermarkets bad for small farmers?
Posted on May 5, 2008May 5, 2008

Nibbles: Camels, kvas, fruits, watermelon, bees, soil microbes

  • Camels make a comeback in Rajasthan.
  • Globalization comes to Russian kvas production.
  • Mangosteen finally allowed into US. NY Times video about exotic fruits. Via.
  • While the rest of the world frets about high food prices, US declares National Watermelon Month.
  • USDA tries to keep abreast of honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder.
  • Teaching about soil microbial agrobiodiversity.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. Agriculture is bad for natural ecosystems. But great for maps, you have to admit.
    2. Greens are good for you. And this is a great roundup of the latest scholarship on brassica evolution, domestication and diversity. You’ll find most of the paper quoted in past Brainfoods.
    3. Grains are great. Especially with greens.
    4. Thank goodness for household seed banking. Especially in conjunction with the formal kind.
    5. All so we can breed a better peanut. And cut down more natural ecosystem?
    6. No, there’s community genebanks for that too…

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