Nibbles – Page 441 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

November 5, 2007

Oldest sausage recipe found

Bratwurst: adding value to agrobiodiversity for 600 years.

November 3, 2007

Food data online at NAL

Historic USDA food composition tables digitized.

November 2, 2007

Human and baobab distribution in Mali

People and baobabs are kinda symbiotic.

November 2, 2007November 3, 2007

Community-based gardening for yoofs

How to interest children in gardening: weeding doesn’t cut it.

October 31, 2007November 2, 2007

Diversity good for pastures too

More agrobiodiverse European pastures areÂ more productive.

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?
Published on July 9, 2025