Nibbles – Page 474 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

July 21, 2007July 22, 2007

Kofi Annan visits Kenyan farmer

Kofi Annan sees for himself. Jeremy unavailable for comment.

July 21, 2007July 21, 2007

Rice art

Unusual, stunning use of variation in rice leaf colour in Japan. Via Salon.

July 21, 2007July 21, 2007

Sorghum beer

Ok, maybe 126. Sorghum beer, anyone?

July 20, 2007July 21, 2007

Beer diversity

There are 125 different styles of beer. I just need a cold one.

Liberian rice farmers can’t get hold of seeds

Risk of (more) rice genetic erosion in Liberia?

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. 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.
Published on September 9, 2025