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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on September 10, 2007

Longest maize ears in the world

They’re as long as your arm, and celebrated each year in Jala, Mexico.

Posted on September 10, 2007September 10, 2007

Forest cover increases in El Salvador

Trees grow on money.

Posted on September 6, 2007

Scottish oaks

Protecting an ancient oak forest in Scotland.

Posted on September 6, 2007

Gargantuan gardening

The wacky world of competitive vegetable growing. With slideshow goodness.

Posted on September 4, 2007September 4, 2007

Italian agritourism

Is agriturismo keeping Italian agriculture alive?

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. Johnny Appleseed basically set up fruit tree genebanks 200 years ago.
    2. Modern fruit tree genebanks could probably learn something from Mr Appleseed.
    3. Is there a Mr Lycheeseed, I wonder?
    4. There are probably some fruit tree collections at the Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute.
    5. Saudi Arabia is betting on tree genebanks. Maybe even fruit tree genebanks.
    6. All genebanks need to share their data, according to the guy in charge of helping European genebanks share their data.
    7. Can you put a value on genebanks? Should you?

    Published on June 7, 2026

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