Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Agrobiodiversity is crops, livestock, foodways, microbes, pollinators, wild relatives …
Chicken wild relatives to rescue breeds. Politics as theatre as politics: report from Terra Madre. Little shrines to bottled water … Levazza peddling an industrial and inferior product: more from Terra Madre. Season of mists and apple biodiversity. Thanks Sarah. The wonder that is Kew Gardens and its Millennium Genebank. What’s wrong with the maize …
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More on those purple tomatoes. And there’s lots more where that came from. Virus weakens the response of genes that normally boost defense against pest. “Superman had it right.” Yeah, but France has genebanks too. Dispatches from Terra Madre: “How are you fighting racism in your food community?”
Terra Madre day 4: Fast Nibbles. Biggest Chinese nibble in the world. Martin Luther’s nibbles.
Seychelles’ “living botanical herbarium of Creole Culture.” Kerala tries to save Vechur cattle. Terra Madre day 3: Tom ♥ Vandana. Pix of how intelligent greenhouses can be used to grow huge vegetables. I wonder if these technique can be applied to regenerating accessions in genebanks Don’t you just love cartograms?
Drink vegetable diversity for better nutrition. Jeremy sez: “Too salty”. And asks: “Who paid?” “So why isn’t everyone living this locavore dream of having organic, free-range eggs for nearly nothing, right from their own backyard? Well, for one thing, it’s illegal.” Blogger Seed Network. Explained. Make it grow. Terra Madre, more notes from the Gristmill.