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Genetic and species diversity of crops, trees, livestock, fish, pollinators, microbes etc etc
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Log in to Horticulture Week to read Community food growing network to launch in UK and other horticulture industry news and jobs (RT @AnnaEvely: Community food growing network to launch in UK http://t.co/rels5aO1tj)...
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Sense about Science ? Equipping people to make sense of science and evidence (RT @LizWilsonUK: MT @senseaboutsci: Can scientists create wheat with 2 harvests/yr to increase yield?
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Nutrition-sensitive landscapes was a side-event at the Int.
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This video is about the Tesuque Seed Bank on Tesuque Pueblo, New Mexico. The seed bank is a storage facility for native varieties of seeds from the Americas ...
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An inventory of crop wild relative taxa occurring in the United States, and a prioritization of species toward a national strategy for conservation of U.S. Delete the scoop?
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As a beer writer, I often find myself preaching the word about craft beer to people who don’t want to hear it. Delete the scoop?
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So, lets get back to basics shall we, and the dawn of brewing, recreated (again). http://t.co/ROUCb4w0OF Delete the scoop?
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In France's Périgord region, never mind the truffles, foie gras and wine--at least for a day--because this country is ground zero of the noble nut (Five ways to enjoy a walnut. But not until next harvest (except for 1 and 2).
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Solanum is is well-known for its agriculturally important species such as potatoes, tomatoes and eggplants, but also has many species that are less well known. The vining solanums related to the woody nightshade are often used as ornamentals.
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Ajay Jha tries to "find profitable models for sustainable, nutritious, local urban...food production”. Fascinating. http://t.co/EciICiRHfS
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RT @ifpri: Insights: How many people in the world are going hungry? It's a complicated question... http://t.co/MWG9IZHvbb #hunger
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More bad news, I’m afraid, this time from the USDA’s National Plant Germplasm System. Gary Kinard, Research Leader at the National Germplasm Resources Laboratory in Beltsville has informed us of the passing of Mark Bohning. Delete the scoop?
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RT @plantbiology: Trends in Plant Science 'Paradoxical EU agricultural policies on genetically engineered crops' http://t.co/jjwjH6GSd7 Delete the scoop?
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RT @alexspinelli: Intl treaties&conventions play a major role in intl coop 4 #PlantProduction & protection.Learn more: http://t.co/MIwVXYqwEu #unfao @ippcnews
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RT @PlantSciNews: recent evolution of cold tolerance in grasses suggests current distribution not limited by temperature http://t.co/dg1FCl2G70
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To most people ginkgo is either the tree with the smelly “fruits” or the source of a leaf extract that is good for your memory, but the unmistakable acrid aroma of the fallen seeds, or the pills in the health food store, are only part of what makes...
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I’m pretty sure we have blogged in the past about “A Neglected Heritage,” a documentary film about plant genetic resources produced by Ulf Gyllensten in 1984 for the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (now Bioversity International) in... Delete the scoop?
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A yeast that has been "sleeping" in deep freeze for more than 50 years is awakened to allow pints of once famous Norfolk ales back to the pumps. (Genebank saves beer! Delete the scoop?
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Today's commercial coffee production is based on only a tiny slice of the genetic varieties that have grown since prehistoric times. Delete the scoop?
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Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people‚ where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food...
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The 13th Pan-Hellenic Festival for the Exchange of Local Seed Varieties that is organized by the Greek Seed bank Peliti will take place on May 11-13, in the (A Pan-Hellenic Seed Exchange Festival took place last weekend.
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If you’re in Suffolk, England, on 25 May you could join a study visit about agroforestry. And tell us about it here. http://t.co/cBI6prGcop
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There cannot be many other professions that are so heavily infiltrated and usurped by 'others' as the UK Arboricultural & Forestry industry. Conservationists, economists, politicians and even c...
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At Nutrition-sensitive landscapes, a CIFOR and ICRAF organized side-event at the Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition, Bioversity International's researcher Céline Termote spoke about putting people at the centre of the landscapes...
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On Friday 17 May, in Los Angeles, a symposium on the Cultural Politics of Seeds will take place. It looks to include the usual hot-button topics and some more out-of-the-way excursions, and some of the names are familiar to us. Delete the scoop?
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