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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on September 19, 2007September 19, 2007

Norway to ban pig castration

To snip or not to snip? Norway bans pig castrations, The Economist ponders the ramifications.

Posted on September 19, 2007September 19, 2007

Camel farming

Farm camels, feed them halophytes to fight desertification? 

Posted on September 18, 2007

British grub

Britain’s oldest recipe sounds as awful as more recent fare.

Posted on September 18, 2007

Seedless lemon mutant

Pip-less lemon launched. Cocktail drinkers rejoice.

Posted on September 18, 2007September 18, 2007

Dry numbers

Interesting links on drought.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. Africa needs good forest seeds.
    2. And genetic monitoring of the resulting plantings, probably.
    3. The Caribbean also wants quality seed, and thinks a mobile seed bank is the way to get it.
    4. The only mobile things about New Zealand’s genebank are its collectors.
    5. A very mobile donation to the UK’s vegetable genebank.
    6. Nothing very mobile about Slow Beans 2025, but that’s the point.
    7. The long journey of honeysuckle.

    Published on January 20, 2026

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