The latest issue of the CGIAR’s e-newsletter does a number on agrobiodiversity, in an effort to position the system for Nagoya. 1 But what about that megaprogramme, then?
10 of Europe’s best under-the-radar food festivals
Last Sunday’s Observer magazine listed 10 food festivals across Europe. As ever, if you go, we’ll be happy to publish a report. Personally, the Fête des Legumes Oubliés would be my preference. But then there’s the Festa della Zucca, closer to home, and the Piment d’Espelette Festival in France, which we’ve blogged about before. The one I really want to go to, not mentioned by The Observer, is the Fiesta de la Alubia in Tolosa. I can’t find much about it now, but I vividly remember from my most recent trip to Gipuzkoa the potential of being inducted as a Knight of the Alubia. That appeals. As do the beans, among the finest known to humanity.
Sustainability envisioned
Thanks to Resilience Science for spotting an attempt to gather together all the pictures of the concept of sustainability that the net could produce. One of them is bound to be just the job, so go ahead. Recycle, reuse, reduce, right?
More on Meyer Memorial Medal
There’s a nice piece on Daniel Debouck and the Frank N. Meyer Memorial Medal on the SGRP website. Thanks to David Williams for the headsup.
Agriculture improves nutrition improves agriculture
[W]e know that if we can get better micronutrients and get better total nutrition into kids in particular, we know that we can save many, many, many lives, and we know that we can do that in a more cost-effective way. Similarly, we know having healthier populations can contribute to food production and improved economic outcomes that then lead to improved nutrition. So it works in both directions, and we’re committed to making that link a productive one.
That’s Rajiv Shah, head of USAID, in an article in Nature Medicine, noted and linked by our friend Jess. Only one question remains: where you going to source the micronutrients, Rajiv?