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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on June 7, 2007

IHSH

The new Chronica Horticulturae is out.

Posted on June 7, 2007June 7, 2007

Sheep weed vineyards

A novel use for highly trained sheep: weeding vineyards.

Posted on June 6, 2007

Documenting field data

From LEISA, methodologies and experiences in documenting field data.

Posted on June 6, 2007

Maple syrup forever

Never mind about peanuts and potatoes, maple syrup trees are even more threatened by climate change.

Posted on June 5, 2007June 5, 2007

How rhizobia work

Another attempt to persuade non-leguminous plants to enter into a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with rhizobia.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. Times of India says “India needs a new doomsday seed vault.” Why not just use the one already there in Svalbard?
    2. Meanwhile, women in the Sundarban are doing it for themselves.
    3. Maybe it’s community doomsday seed vaults that India needs?
    4. Fiji’s cassava is facing a doomsday of its own.
    5. Georgia — the country — is working on a documentary on crop diversity which will no doubt include their seed deposit in Svalbard.
    6. Kenya has a pretty good community genebanks video of its own.
    7. Nigeria is all over crop diversity. Not just once, but twice.
    8. Coffee prices going up? Can you imagine what will happen if we don’t conserve enough of its diversity?
    9. Want more examples of the coolness of crop diversity and its guardians? Slow Food has your back.
    10. La Via Campesina needs to encouragement either, where “peasant seeds” and their guardians are concerned.
    11. Even the World Economic Forum wants in on the act.
    12. And yet the seed sector seems…reluctant?
    13. Good job Genesys is getting faster, eh?

    Published on June 2, 2025

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