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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on February 5, 2008February 5, 2008

New book on globalization

Vermeer’s Hat illuminates the birth of global trade, with agricultural products to the fore. Need to read.

Posted on February 4, 2008

Talking Plants

NPR’s Talking Plants blogger is in the Amazon.

Posted on 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.

Posted on February 2, 2008

Reviving a lost agricultural tradition

Armenian silk production tries for a comeback.

Posted on February 2, 2008

Farming fish in the open sea

National Geographic video on fish farming and its problems.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. Johnny Appleseed basically set up fruit genebanks 200 years ago.
    2. Modern fruit genebanks could probably learn something from Mr Appleseed.
    3. Is there a Mr Lycheeseed, I wonder?
    4. There are probably some fruit collections at the Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute.
    5. Saudi Arabia is betting on tree genebanks. Maybe even fruit tree genebanks.
    6. All genebanks need to share their data, according to the guy in charge of helping European genebanks share their data.
    7. Can you put a value on genebanks? Should you?

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