Nibbles – Page 430 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

January 9, 2008January 9, 2008

Malawi’s windmill entrepreneur

Blow me. From the Lubin Files, a feel(very)good story of the Malawian who built a windmill.

January 7, 2008January 7, 2008

Engineered sorghum more nutritious

Pioneer Hi-Bred engineers more nutritious sorghum: Africa unavailable for comment.

January 5, 2008January 5, 2008

Most beehives in a single tree

Bee tree boasts 575 hives, seeks World Heritage Site status.

December 19, 2007

Defining basmati

So what is basmati anyway? Indian boffins all too available for comment.

December 18, 2007

Hamming it up

Jamon iberico finally gets a visa.

1. What’s wrong with supermarkets.
2. Cate Blanchett on the Millennium Seed Bank. Attitude to supermarkets unknown.
3. Access & Benefit Sharing 101. Cate Blanchett unavailable for comment.
4. Experts weigh in on how we should change how we eat. Nobody but Cate Blanchett will listen, but supermarkets and seeds feature, for what it’s worth.
5. How they ate in the Middle Ages without supermarkets. Or at least harvested.
6. After we’re done with medieval haymaking, let’s bring back the aurochs too. And put it in a supermarket?
7. Yeah but what is a breed anyway? Or an aurochs, for that matter.
Published on September 9, 2025