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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on July 16, 2007July 16, 2007

Ratatouille

Latest chinese dish is an agrobiodiversity bridge too far: another option.

Posted on July 16, 2007

Adding value to coffee

Civet cat crap creates celebrated cup of coffee.

Posted on July 16, 2007July 16, 2007

Date tissue culture

Man has in vitro plan for Iraqi dates.

Posted on July 15, 2007July 15, 2007

Hemp grower persecuted

A farmer who wanted to diversify into hemp is persecuted by authority.

Posted on July 13, 2007July 13, 2007

More on bovine belching

BBC News and Der Spiegel both add details to the low-gas bovines story. Still no word from Al.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. Cantabria is putting the Pasiega cow in the bank. Just in case.
    2. Spain’s “goat-cows” are fighting wildfires the old-fashioned way: by eating the fuel. I hope they’re in the bank too.
    3. India has made a Badri calf in a lab. Conservation meets IVF.
    4. Old apples are having a revival. Turns out forgotten apple varieties can taste pretty good. Well I never, is it that time of year already?
    5. Zimbabwe’s Mbire district celebrates seed, food and culture with a festival. What, no cows? Or apples?
    6. South Korea is looking for partners to save climate-resilient plants. A seed vault is better with friends.
    7. The marmottier can’t decide whether it’s a plum or an apricot. Botanists sympathise.
    8. In the atomic age, gardeners irradiated seeds and waited for something interesting to grow. Sometimes it did.

    Published on September 16, 2026

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