Nibbles – Page 424 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

February 4, 2008

Talking Plants

NPR’s Talking Plants blogger is in the Amazon.

February 4, 2008

India slams biopiracy

Indian Council of Agricultural Research wishes to close stable door on “theft” of biological resources: bolted horses unavailable for comment.

February 2, 2008

Reviving a lost agricultural tradition

Armenian silk production tries for a comeback.

February 2, 2008

Farming fish in the open sea

National Geographic video on fish farming and its problems.

February 2, 2008

Plantstress website

All you ever wanted to know about helping plants cope with environmental stresses.

1. The COUSIN project aims to conserve (trans situ, no less) and use crop wild relatives in Europe.
2. That “use” part can be tough.
3. But that doesn’t stop the fine people at Aardaia. At least where aardaker (Lathyrus tuberosus) is concerned.
4. From alternative potatoes in the Netherlands to alternative beans in Indonesia. All in the cause of diversification.
5. No need to find an alternative to amaranth in the American SW. Not with devoted chefs on the job.
6. The Iraqi Seed Collective is taking seeds from American genebanks to that country’s diaspora in the US, and eventually back to Iraq itself. Maybe chefs will help.
7. Good thing there are genebank backups, eh?
Published on July 9, 2025