- File under “never too late”: Ireland diversifies its potatoes.
- UK establishes livestock breeds committee. Not concerned about species?
- “All I think of is more and more artemesia,” says shilling millionaire Ugandan farmer.
Nibbles: IPRs, chicory, pigs
- Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher optimistic that farmers can avoid becoming “serfs of a different kind”.
- Three chicory museums? Who knew? Want to know more about chicory?
- Just when you thought it was safe, Return of the Pocket Pigs (with added photographic goodness).
Nibbles: Anti-diversification, chickens, bananas, registers, tropical fruits
- US subsidy system prevents diversification. Via.
- Chicken domestication; possibly more than you could ever want to know.
- Red bananas; Raul unavailable for comment.
- Filipino community registers agrobiodiversity.
- Tropical fruit diversity conserved, studied and consumed in the US. That includes the citron. 1
Nibbles: Branding, dogs
- Commodity branding is older than you think. Via.
- Ancient Scandinavian dogs not like modern Scandinavian dogs.
Nibbles: Carnival, pomegranates, cattle, potatoes
- Berry Go Round No. 2 is up with lots and lots of botanical links.
- Pomegranate juice manufacturer says its juice is best.
- Cattle and aurochs did the wild thing.
- The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has a potato genebank. With pic goodness.