I recently came across two interesting resources that I'd like to share. Bangor University has published a handbook that might be useful to people doing research in in situ conservation: Ibbett, H., ...

I am conscious I may not have referred to the Third International Agrobiodiversity Congress too much since it was originally ...

Jeremy tackles superfood in his latest newsletter. Do subscribe. The ultimate expression of food as medicine is the search for active ingredients. Why go to the bother of eating broccoli or Brussels ...

Prabhu Pingali sets out the nutrition case for crop-neutral agricultural policy in an interview at Asterisk. There’s a lot more talk about nutrition-sensitive agriculture and a lot more pronouncements ...

Jeremy was thrilled — thrilled I tell you — at some recent news from Irish Seed Savers Association. And, frankly, so was I. It’s all in his latest newsletter. Thrilled to see that the apple juice ...

The genebank of the International Livestock Research Institute in Addis Ababa is 40 years old. There’s an online celebration tomorrow. See you there. Photo credit: Shawn Landersz, Consultant at The ...

We are pleased to announce the international course on “Sustainable Food Production”. It will be hosted at the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture in Erice (Italy), July 10th ...

The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund has a small grants program and I hear they are looking for more applications targeting crop wild relatives. The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation ...

Well, it’s all over now, and very moving it was too. You can read about the 2024 World Food Prize laureates here, and also watch edited highlights of the ceremony. Wonderful to see Cary and Geoff — ...

Jeremy’s latest podcast is out, and it’s a doozie. Plus it saves me adding it to the next Brainfood, which is coming soon, don’t worry people. Modern maize has long been a puzzle. Unlike other ...

Thanks to Christian Bunn for throwing some shade on the work underlying the map of putative changes in coffee suitability that I so blithely shared yesterday. Maps can be both pretty and also the ...