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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on July 21, 2007July 21, 2007

Rice art

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

Posted on July 21, 2007July 21, 2007

Sorghum beer

Ok, maybe 126. Sorghum beer, anyone?

Posted on July 20, 2007July 21, 2007

Beer diversity

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

Posted on July 20, 2007

Liberian rice farmers can’t get hold of seeds

Risk of (more) rice genetic erosion in Liberia?

Posted on July 19, 2007

Taro wine

Japanese like taro wine made in Palau. Hugh Johnson unavailable for comment.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. King Charles III talks about seeds with Dr Elinor Breman of Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank and…
    2. …Cate Blanchett.
    3. Or read about it in The Economist.
    4. Or watch a nice video.
    5. The seed banks of the National Plant Germplasm System in the USA are for farmers, not just researchers.
    6. How to get stuff out of the NPGS.
    7. Laurajean Lewis: from an NPGS genebank to CIMMYT’s.
    8. I’m sure she and Chris Mujjabi will get to know each other soon.
    9. Diane Ragone: Not all genebanks are seed banks.
    10. Not a lot of breadfruits in Belgium but, surprisingly, lots of bananas.

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