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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on July 12, 2007

Equine obesity

Improved forages make horses obese. That and too much TV.

Posted on July 12, 2007July 12, 2007

Thai food

BBC photo essay on Thai insect-based street food.

Posted on July 12, 2007July 12, 2007

New disease: citrus greening

New disease alert: citrus greening is spreading across the US.

Posted on July 11, 2007July 12, 2007

Cassava genes flow

Cassava exchanges precious bodily fluids with wild relative in French Guiana.

Posted on July 11, 2007July 11, 2007

New (urban) Agriculturist

New New Agriculturist out: urban agriculture in spotlight.

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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.

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