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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on April 17, 2008April 18, 2008

Nibbles: Tangled Bank, wild boar, food miles

  • It’s that time again. Tangled Bank 103. Don’t miss the comments!
  • Italian cinghiale different from wild boar north of Alps, not involved in domestication.
  • Book traces plate of curry, trousers back to source. Weirdly, Bangladesh in both cases.
Posted on April 15, 2008April 15, 2008

Nibbles: Crabs, barley, IAASTD, wine, vegetables

  • Why fisheries management is so often a failure.
  • Climate change threatens beer. Luigi appalled. Via.
  • IIED to answer questions raised by IAASTD. Chef comments, “Your alphabet soup is ready now.”
  • Not enough Sangiovese in Brunello di Montalcino. Jeremy appalled.
  • People in the burbs really into growing vegetables all of a sudden.
Posted on April 14, 2008April 14, 2008

Nibbles: Barley, mangoes, erosion

  • Boffins say wild barley “a treasure trove.” Lay up not your treasures on Earth.
  • Boffins say Florida mangoes “unique.” As is the mother, so is her daughter.
  • Boffins say rice genetic diversity being eroded in the Philippines. They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
Posted on April 12, 2008April 12, 2008

Nibbles: Irrigation, drought

  • Latest Rice Today map: irrigation around the world. Thanks, Robert.
  • Coincidentally, there’s a Science article on the genetics of how plants cope with drought, but it’s behind a paywall.
Posted on April 11, 2008April 11, 2008

Nibbles: Collards, Genebanks

  • USDA goes hunting for long-lost heirloom collard greens: Indiana Jones unavailable for comment.
  • USDA leader of genetic resources explains why genebanks matter: Indiana Jones laps it up.

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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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