Nibbles – Page 434 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

November 26, 2007

Pacific crops project

Specialty Crops for the Pacific Islands. Via PAPGREN.

November 24, 2007

Edible biodiversity, sort of

Street food, glorious street food.

November 23, 2007

Everybody loves quinoa

CABI on Bioversity on quinoa.

November 22, 2007November 22, 2007

Potato taxonomy

Quick quiz: How many species of cultivated potatoes are there?

November 22, 2007

Agriculture after conflict

New New Agriculturist has feature on Agriculture After Conflict.

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?
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