Nibbles – Page 453 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

October 4, 2007

Rice art

All good things come to an end. But not usually this well.

October 3, 2007

Vitis genome

Uncommon Ground ably unpacksÂ Nature paper onÂ grapevine genome.

October 3, 2007October 3, 2007

Wild blueberries thrive in Canada

Climate change causes blueberry war.

October 3, 2007

World Development special issue

Property Rights, Collective Action, and Local Conservation of Genetic Resources.

October 2, 2007

Alfred H. Peet dies

The “grandfather of specialty coffee” goes to the big caffÃ¨ in the sky.

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