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Brainfood: Wild foods, Maize in Guatemala, Wild lentils, Sorghum gaps, Ethiopian erosion, Chikanda barcoding, Brazil nut systems, Wild carrots, Ancient wild potato use, Wild wheat grains

The role of wild fruits and vegetables in delivering a balanced and healthy diet. Not great, until they’re domesticated. Maize Diversity, Market Access, and Poverty Reduction in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. Forget maize. Evaluation of Wild Lentil Species as Genetic Resources to Improve Drought Tolerance in Cultivated Lentil. Environment explained drought response in wild …

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Nibbles: Wild pig, Indicators, Ethiopian agrobiodiversity, Traditional crops, Purple haze, Fraises des Bois, Chef prize, Breadfruit, Sorghum nutrition, Moringa, NWFP, Barcoding, Arnold Arboretum

Warty pig saved by genomics. So apparently there’s a Biodiversity Barometer. Via the Biodiversity Indicator Partnership. Traditional crops survive, but under threat, in Ethiopian highlands. And a whole issue of Farming Matters on why it’s important that they do survive. More on that purple wheat heirloom variety coming back from the brink. Going back to …

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Brainfood: Wild maize, Elderberry phenolics, Barley & boron, Land sparing trifecta, Sustainable diets, Chinese apple diversity, Turkish okra diversity, Barcoding yams, Plant diversity levels, Biotic velocity

Presence of Zea luxurians (Durieu and Ascherson) Bird in Southern Brazil: Implications for the Conservation of Wild Relatives of Maize. Well there’s a turnup for the books. Fruit Phenolic Composition of Different Elderberry Species and Hybrids. Some interspecific hybrids have high phenolics levels. Diversity in boron toxicity tolerance of Australian barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) genotypes. …

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Nibbles: Tilapia pros & cons, Cotton history, Potato diversity, Mars sustainability, Forest conservation, Homegardens, Village forests, 14th century gardening, American chestnut, Soil barcoding, Non-cow milk, Conserving Spanish grapes, Biodiversity & poverty

The truth about tilapia. Well, according to Fox News, anyway. “..the greatest industry that ever had or could by possibility have ever existed in any age or country.” Go on, guess. No, not tilapia aquaculture, though it has time. Modern Farmer gives us its hipster take on the potato. And bows out? Mars unleashes its …

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Nibbles: Custodian farmers, Farming wild species, Museum of Agriculture, GMO maize in Mexico, Organic metareview, Boron tolerance, Date tomato, Cultivated Plant Taxonomy Newsletter, Barcoding Welsh honey

First, find your custodian farmers. Sure, they can farm wild species too. Then, get them to produce something cool, sell it, and use the money to preserve some nearby temples. Oh yeah, but better make sure there’s no GMOs around. Organic helps. No, really. Ok, so maybe you have to help them out by breeding …

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