A modest proposal from the Network Semences Paysannes:
Levy a tax on the sale of seeds which cannot be freely reproduced, and earmark the money for the financing of seed houses and collaborative breeding programmes.
That’ll work.
Nibbles: Evolution, Beer, Bar codes, Food security
- Crop diversity and evolution, a view from Australia.
- Craft beer sales are up in the US (with video goodness).
- Bar codes for genebank management: potato center’s experience.
- Kuwait aims to buy Cambodia. Well, almost. Via .
Nibbles: Peppers, Medicinals, NYC gardening, Science writing, Urban ag, Pouteria
- Hot chili peppers on a blistering night, dust on my face and my cape…
- “North America’s only medicinal herbs germplasm collection.” New one on me.
- “Brooklyn was a breadbasket for the city only until the middle of the nineteenth century.” New one on me.
- Different journalistic takes on cow genome.
- Edmonton learns from Havana.
- Lucuma no longer novel, can enter Europe.
Nibbles: Farmer suicides, Mexican drink
- Vandana Shiva on Indian farmer suicides.
- Make mine a tejate.
Brussels hearts vultures
No sooner do we nibble a scientific paper describing how traditional transhumance supports ecosystems, and in particular vulture populations, than the EU parliament passes legislation allowing farmers to leave carcasses on their land. It’s great to be heard in Brussels!