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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on November 16, 2007

Elephants free to drink in peace

We were had. Paris Hilton does not care about drunken elephants or rice wine. What does she care about?

Posted on November 16, 2007

Cooling begins at Svalbard genebank

Arctic monkeys start to chill.

Posted on November 16, 2007March 31, 2008

Mongolian megafish

Mongolians protect giant trout by not eating it. More for everybody else, I guess.

Posted on November 14, 2007November 13, 2007

Phytochemicals in yams

Yoruba twins due to yams?

Posted on November 13, 2007November 13, 2007

Earliest use of cacao dated

Mesoamericans drank fermented cacao pulp 3000 years ago.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. A little more safety for Ukraine’s seeds, thanks to a new genebank.
    2. A little more safety for Mexico’s native maize, thanks to Pres. Sheinbaum.
    3. A little more safety for Andean agriculture, thanks to Ecuadorian Indigenous women and Inside Mater in Peru.
    4. A little more safety for Ischia’s zampognaro bean and Amalfi’s lemons, thanks to local people (and GIAHS).
    5. A little more safety for Pacific crops, thanks to cryopreservation. Breadfruit next?
    6. A little more safety for moringa? At least in Africa with all its “opportunity crops”?

    Published on November 14, 2025

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