- Dropping the poppy.
- Gardening on windowsills and along roadsides.
- Cooling camel milk. Via.
- Fingerprinting grapes.
- “The seed banks that are run by agribusiness corporations would be a costly pursuit for the government and farmers.” Where to start responding to this? Thanks, Jeff.
- Further evidence of food price crisis.
- “What does biodiversity mean to Syngenta?“
- Traditional healer goes online. Via.
- Videos from Global Plant Clinic.
Nibbles: Small kine, Cedar, Coffee, Cows (again), Niger, Citrus disease
- Mini-cows: Cheaper by the pound, but more expensive by the head.
- Lebanese icon imperilled.
- Birds protect coffee from coffee berry borer.
- Cows (m)aligned. Via.
- Jessica discovers millet and a grain bank (food, not seed).
- A new disease threatens citrus in Florida. Yay!
Nibbles: Wheat disease, Vanilla, Market regulation, Mixtures
- Yay! A new wheat disease answers Jeremy’s prayers.
- Tahitian vanilla; hybrid a long way from home.
- Small scale sales stomped on.
- Mixtures kinda sorta better, depending.
- Night soil kinda sorta good, depending.
Nibbles: Honey, Records, Fowl, Fungi
- GIS used to manage production and marketing of honey.
- Silly season story number 1 and number 2.
- Avian flu threatens Turkey’s Hacıkadın chickens.
- Lybia has truffles? From the new NWFP-Newsletter((FAO’s link is broken.)).
Nibbles: Ag origins, MSV origins, Land origins, Art,
- Podcast on the origins, history and future of agriculture. “Three annual grasses explain history.” “Wheat domesticated humans.” Etc. Richard Manning gives good value.
- The origin of Maize Streak Virus explored.
- Changes in Dutch agricultural land. More diversity in land use over time.
- More ag art. Via.