Nibbles – Page 454 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

October 3, 2007

Vitis genome

Uncommon Ground ably unpacksÂ Nature paper onÂ grapevine genome.

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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.

October 2, 2007

Italian fruit on show

Blast, I missed the Mostra Pomologica!

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