Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Agrobiodiversity is crops, livestock, foodways, microbes, pollinators, wild relatives …
Gastronomía Hispanica has a great set of photos on its Facebook page on the “miracle of maize.” ((Note to National Geographic: As far as I can tell, none of the photos are of quinoa or amaranth.)) Here’s a totally inadequate teaser. Go and friend them.
The Fifth Potato Festival is underway in the Surco district of Lima, Peru. It sounds like fun, but all the information about it online at the moment is in Spanish only. If you don’t read the language, and can’t be bothered fighting with the results of Google Translate, you can read a short piece on …
Our friend Alex Chepstow-Lusty, not content with the phenomenal exposure his work on llama dung is already receiving, has kindly agreed to write a small piece for us too, ruminating on his findings. Thanks, Alex! For the photos too. BTW, that’s Alex down there with the laptop and the mite. Llamas become important in the …
Two food slideshows for your delectation today. One celebrates the orange-fleshed sweet potato and other nu-nutritional delights. Or, as Wired magazine puts it: “a visit to the laboratory of the International Potato Center in Maputo, Mozambique, where biofortification researchers are saving lives with starch”. Gabba gabba hey! The other is from Foreign Policy magazine, which …
While irrigation and market improvements could help, it would be reduction of processing time from hours to minutes made possible by mechanical hullers that might achieve most, “allowing women to take advantage of both their preferences for reduced labour loads and for the taste of millets in their everyday diets.” I’ve quoted this before. It …
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