- “Food is the most cost-effective intervention.”
- Peru promotes potatoes.
- The Importance of Biodiversity to Medicine. Anyone got access? Any mention of nutrition?
- EU Says bees should rest. Problem solved.
- Extreme beer. All problems solved.
- Eat local? I don’t think so.
- Itchy Italian gourmands gutted over climate change-caused truffle troubles.
- Mulberry trees pay the price for immodesty.
- While fig trees planted by Jesuits survive. It’s a funny old world. Fruit tree trifecta in play.
- And it comes in! Today’s saving-the-frigging-English-apple story comes to you from The Guardian. Enough already, the English apple is going to be fine.
Nibbles: Spuds, Water, Fungi
- Potatoes from seed. Anyone (with a garden) can do this.
- Orwell on irrigation.
- Edible phonebooks (some assembly needed).
Nibbles: Walnut, Canada, Drought
- Black walnut butter, anyone?
- Canadian agricultural excellence rewarded.
- Assessing drought tolerance in a cool new way.
EU legalizes funny-looking fruits and vegetables
Today marks a small victory for agrobiodiversity in Europe. Ok, a very small one. But you take your victories where you can.
Davis’ Genetic Resources Conservation Program closes down
Cuts in California state funding have led to the closure of the Genetic Resources Conservation Program at UC Davis. This seems terribly short-sighted of Gov. Schwarzenneger, who is being talked about as a possible Secretary of Energy under Pres. Obama.