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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on January 22, 2008January 22, 2008

How to tell hatched eggs

Hatched eggshells have telltale signature, could identify earliest domesticated turkeys.

Posted on January 20, 2008January 19, 2008

The phylogeny of a human disease

The Columbian Exchange included syphillis.

Posted on January 20, 2008

Farmer breeder recognized

Indian farmer shows breeders a thing or two.

Posted on January 20, 2008

The story of the St Bernard

There’s a stuffed St Bernard called Barry in a museum in Berne.

Posted on January 19, 2008

The Vanishing of the Bees

Colony Collapse Disorder gets a documentary. Maybe.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. “Our traditional crops are not just food. They are life. They are our ancestors’ legacy and our children’s inheritance.”
    2. “Banana diversity is not only a scientific or agricultural asset — it is the sector’s insurance for the future.”
    3. “Through my parents, I learned that agriculture doesn’t just feed people, it also makes the world more beautiful.”
    4. “Genebank work depends on accumulated knowledge. If that knowledge isn’t transferred, you don’t just lose experience, you introduce risk.”
    5. “Conserving and using Africa’s plant genetic resources is not a luxury. It is a necessity for resilient agrifood systems in a changing climate.”

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