Nibbles: Superfoods, Value chains book, North American ag origins, Origins of beer, Community seed banks, Seed diversity

  1. What’s the next global “superfood”? Most likely it’s the next local “superfood”. Jeremy interviews economist Trent Blare.
  2. And here’s a book that expands on that podcast.
  3. Speaking of podcasts, here’s one that dissects the Eastern Agricultural Complex, at least in the last 20 mins. The rest is informative and fun too, though. Spoiler alert: it’s the food storage. Any superfoods in there though?
  4. Always fun to read about the history of beer.
  5. Project on community genebanks launched by government genebank.
  6. Seeds of all sizes and shapes in genebanks.

Nibbles: Roman cuisine, Jewish cooking, Seed sources, Prof. Moreno, English gardens, Cassava

  1. Very expensive new book on Roman and old reasonable one on Jewish cooking for that special person in your life.
  2. Places you can buy heirloom seeds for that special person in your life.
  3. The special person that is the new head of the UPM Plant Germplasm Bank in Spain.
  4. I learned from this article on a newly excavated Tudor garden about a pretty special grapevine.
  5. Cassava is pretty special, despite its reputation.