Sowing new seeds in the English Midlands

The initiative, Sowing New Seeds, funded by the Big Lottery Local Food Fund, will directly enable many more gardeners in the East and West Midlands to grow non-traditional crops, while also documenting how to grow them based on the experiences of the region’s diverse communities.

Sound like a great idea from Garden Organic, and you can follow the progress of the work on a great new blog. Thanks to Nigel for the headsup.

Nibbles: Agrobiodiversity, Mexican food, Benin chickens, Tylosema chemistry, Wild coffee

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Nibbles: Roses, Stripe Rust, Cuba, Carnival, India, GCARD, Urban ag, Genetic diversity and herbivory, Biocultural diversity