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Nibbles: Peanut history, Capsicum history, Sequencing history, Globalized rice, Sustainable salmon, Women & agriculture, Climate change & yields, Forest conservation, Bumblebee conservation

Lots to catch up on, strap yourselves in. The South’s original peanut is the Carolina African runner, and it is in need of help. Saudi Aramco World does its usual class number, this time on chili peppers. And, in a similar vein, more than you probably want to know about Tabasco sauce. The evolution of …

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Nibbles: American goats, Ancient dogs, Colorado sheep, Beer vs Wine, Vitis breeding, Southern cooking, Pennsylvania farming, Cherokee seeds

A distinctly US flavour to Nibbles today, for some reason. A map of every goat in the US. Texas is the goat hotspot. Not there with dogs yet, but at least we now know when they arrived. How about sheep, though? Interestingly, there are more wineries than breweries in Texas. Saving the winegrape, molecule by …

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