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Croatian agricultural biodiversity

Conference on Croatian breeds and varieties, in Croatian though.

Kapok disjunction

Kapok (Ceiba) distribution explainedÂ by long distance dispersal?

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.

1. Haga Hideo’s 1950s photos of Fukushima farming rituals are now being used to revive them: ex situ conservation, but for culture.
2. Long before photography, or “pre‑breeding” was a buzzword, Belgian pomologist Jean‑Baptiste Van Mons was running massive pear selection trials and gifting us Beurré Bosc and Doyenné Boussock.
3. As Southern Africa’s miombo woodlands shrinks, scientists are cloning wild trees so the fruit — and food security — outlive the forest. Now for the pre-breeding.
4. Greenpeace Africa’s Seed Project makes the case for indigenous seeds as a route to farmer independence. And you can help.
5. And oh so coincidentally, a network of community seed banks in Kenya is rescuing indigenous seeds so the diversity is still around when opportunity (or crisis) knocks.
6. Also in Kenya, the national genebank’s collectors are racing to secure opportunity crops.
7. Nepal’s indigenous crops and landraces are at the same time more needed than ever, and under threat. So, much like in Kenya.
8. The Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT says women are at the center of sustainable food systems; the fine print adds: “as they have always been.”
Published on September 30, 2026