Nibbles

Nibbles: Plant blindness, Grape breeding, Mixed farming, Genebank crowdfunding, CGN collecting, Science comms

Beer yeast was domesticated in the 1600s. Or maybe not.
I see that and raise you 65 million years.
If you don’t like beer, try Lurvill’s Delight, but it’s only about 100 years old, I warn you.
Preserving ancient fruits in an Italian orchard.
And how many different types of vinegar do you think the vinegar museum has?
The Caribbean coconut is under attack.
We’ve been such bastards to the environment.

Ancient seeds put on life support. Not holding my breath.
Key Biodiversity Areas to be mapped. Agrobiodiversity also? Not holding my breath.
Botany on reality TV? Not holding my breath. No, wait…
More on the ICARDA story. Holding my breath.
Kofi Annan on that “uniquely African Green Revolution.” Not holding my breath, but here’s the latest report on how AGRA is doing. Oh, and there’s more on Africa, from IFPRI this time.
A caterpillar on the Silk Road. Now, that I’d like to see.
But not before coffee.

Nice tweeting about bread and other Central Asian food over past few days.
Rothamsted’s “Scanalyzer“.
The genebank origin of the UK’s premier potato, Maris Piper.
Seaweed in South America.
Repeat after me: superfoods are a scam.
Third and final instalment in The Plate’s history of the banana.
India going on a millet kick.
The wheat seed is C4? Totally crazy.
The evolution of Capsicum in half a page. Which is both too much and not enough.