Nibbles – Page 480 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

Taro wine

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

July 19, 2007July 19, 2007

Street legal

Man finds way to make legal absinthe in the US.

UK Heritage Seed Library

The Guardian UK profiles the Heritage Seed Library, conserving “illegal” varieties.

July 18, 2007July 18, 2007

Moringa recipe

Got drumstick (Moringa oleifera) leaves? Here’s a recipe.

Exporting herbs to fight poverty

Middle East experts talk about exporting herbs.

1. Festivals, rituals and seed-saving go hand in hand, as this photo essay on Koraput’s Adivasis shows for World Indigenous Peoples Day.
2. Speaking of unlikely alliances, Israeli and Palestinian researchers have teamed up on wheat that can take the heat in a warming, drying Middle East.
3. Not to be outdone in the resilience stakes, the cowpea shrugs off both drought and flooding, according to FAO.
4. If all this talk of resilient crops has you inspired, here’s a how-to on starting your own community seed bank, in South Africa or anywhere else for that matter.
5. And for when preservation is really about nostalgia: Romania’s Buzau genebank is keeping childhood mint flavours alive, chocolate, clove and vanilla notes included.
Published on August 13, 2026