I’m reliably informed by my friend and colleague Ehsan Dulloo, who should know, that this Mauritian sega by Gilbert Narainsamy called “Plante Plante” is promoting homegarden planting and sharing agrobiodiversity with neighbours. Sounds good to me!
Mystery Chinese vegetable filmed in Vancouver
Anybody know what this weird bit of Chinese agrobiodiversity might be? Google knows nothing about it, at least under the spelling provided: “orsun.”
Obligatory photos of agricultural biodiversity in Thai floating market go online to stifled yawns
I’m very ignorant about SE Asia, so I assumed that the famous (or infamous) “floating market of Bangkok” would be in Bangkok, rather than over 100km away. I also didn’t really expect it to be quite the tourist trap it is. Oh well. But they do sell a remarkable variety of fruits, vegetables and other assorted agrobiodiversity there. Go to my Flickr page and leave as many identifications as you can.
Nibbles: Grains, Cuba, Wine, Raspberries, Film, Bio-char, European market regulations
- Perennial grains need your help.
- “In Cuba no one is helpless or dying of hunger.”
- Biodiversity in wine champion. But what about other cultivated species?
- “It’s called Ukee and it is a very special red raspberry“. Jeremy says “BTDTGTTS.”
- A sceptic evaluates “Food, Inc.”. Jeremy says “we shall see”.
- “I hope that the charcoal fever passes and the zealots and rent seekers move on to the next big fantasy”. May they pyrolize in Hell.
- Welcome, “curly cucumbers, crooked carrots and mottled mushrooms“!
You know you have a Kikuyu in the house…
…when you find the pumpkin (kahurura) plants defoliated to colour the mashed potatoes.
