Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Agrobiodiversity is crops, livestock, foodways, microbes, pollinators, wild relatives …
Jules Pretty meditates on the impermanence of things. Like soil. And bumblebees. Ah, well, let’s not get maudlin. Pass the bottle. Well looky here. The French got wine from the Italians. I feel better already. And Canadians had clam gardens a thousand years ago. Probably still do, actually. Along with offal, no doubt. Which did …
Nature “celebrates” 30 years of GMOs. African pastoralists know how not to destroy their livelihoods shock. African urban dwellers keep livestock shock. Vegetables can be perennial too. Oh yes indeedy. Not bitter gourd though, alas. Nor cucumber. And in other news, there’s a Bitter Melon Council. And also a campaign to promote zucchini in Iowa. …
You just know it’s going to be that sort of day when you see articles appearing in your RSS feed within minutes of each other saying first that no-till farming and then sustainable tuna hold the key to global food security. Whatever next, I wonder. Quinoa? No, wait… #goodread: Quinoa – How an ancient crop …
Gluten free is the way to be….OH Hiiiiiiiiiiii http://t.co/y4LOtk1Z — Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) May 4, 2012 No doubt fearing the repercussions of this and other celebrity endorsements of a wheat-free diet, ((Take a bow, quinoa.)) the National Wheat Improvement Committee has come out with a myth-busting denunciation of Dr William Davis’ monumental Wheat Belly. I …
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He turns around in wonder, and what do you think he sees? The Georgia militia eating goober peas! Listen in full. Military-style rabble occupy the farm. Not to be outdone, China is buying up American agriculture, in many ways. Which is fine, because Israel to help US improve African agriculture. Africa not available for comment. …