Clearly, I need to learn to stay on things at least a beat longer. Watching this made me seasick, and I knew what was coming. Anyway, the display is in FAO’s Flag Room. The posters (and accompanying fact sheets) are from FAO’s Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division and cite the Hortivar Database, which is a new one one me. And no, baobab wasn’t there.
Harvest THIS
Two of my very favorite topics in one genius image.
German President visits genebank
Sweet potato photo
I spoke too soon about that Smithsonian article on the potato.
In 2008 a Lebanese farmer dug up a potato that weighed nearly 25 pounds. It was bigger than his head.
It was indeed bigger than his head, and nearly 25 pounds in weight, but it looks like Ipomoea batatas to me. Why is it that people think any crop that grows below ground must be Solanum tuberosum? Even when it’s a sweet potato or an oca.
Sago going
Seriorl Anzu has a great video of sago preparation in the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. Which reminded me about this summary from PestNet of the dire situation of sago in Bouganville, where “all the sago palms have died in the highlands.” There are no collections of Metroxylon sagu known to WIEWS.