Nibbles – Page 488 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

June 18, 2007June 18, 2007

Wikiseedia starting to sprout?

Wikiseedia may be starting to sprout. Although the front page had not been changed since 29 May.

June 17, 2007June 17, 2007

Un-spinning “natural” skimmed milk

Muck and Mystery unspins “natural” skimmed milk.

June 15, 2007June 15, 2007

Anti-biofuel Senate testimony

Celsias reports at length on Lester Brown’s bio-temperate briefing to a US Senate committee.

Japanese rice planting festival

“What flower blooms in the front field? Rice flowers, money flowers, flowers of perfect virtue.”

New course

Teaching researchers to talk to farmersÂ in East Africa.

1. The COUSIN project aims to conserve (trans situ, no less) and use crop wild relatives in Europe.
2. That “use” part can be tough.
3. But that doesn’t stop the fine people at Aardaia. At least where aardaker (Lathyrus tuberosus) is concerned.
4. From alternative potatoes in the Netherlands to alternative beans in Indonesia. All in the cause of diversification.
5. No need to find an alternative to amaranth in the American SW. Not with devoted chefs on the job.
6. The Iraqi Seed Collective is taking seeds from American genebanks to that country’s diaspora in the US, and eventually back to Iraq itself. Maybe chefs will help.
7. Good thing there are genebank backups, eh?
Published on July 9, 2025