Frank Van Keirsbilck wrote to recommend his web site, The Vegetable Garden, to us. I’m happy to link to it. There’s a ton of information there, in four languages. ((So I’m not about to quibble over his use of the one I know well.)) The site looks funky and hand-rolled, which is charming although slightly cumbersome, and you may well find things of interest.
The future of genebanks?
Well, maybe. But we’d have to find a way out of database hell first.
Natural contaminants
Further proof that you can have too much of a good thing, even agrobiodiversity.
LATER: And John Schwenkler’s reaction to the NY Times’ outrage.
Mapping the environment
A UNEP press release about the launch of the “Kenya: Atlas of Our Changing Environment” led me to the website of the global project to which the Kenya publication contributes. It does include agriculture and aquaculture: check out the drop-down menu in the top right-hand corner. You click on the icon on the map and get more information on specific sites, such as Balanta rice farming in Guinea-Bissau, for example. You can download imagery and leave comments about each site.
What the hell is going on in Ivory Coast?
I only ask because on the same day (yesterday), the BBC published a piece entitled “Ivory Coast’s sweet cocoa success” while the Financial Times had “Ivory Coast’s cocoa industry stares hard at a bleak future.” Maybe it’s my gloomy nature, and my plummeting faith in the BBC, but I believe the FT story more.