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Delighted to see our paper characterising the inbreeding history of dogs and wolves over the past 10,000 years published this week in @pnas.org. Work led by the excellent @katiabou.bsky.social, and co-supervised by me, Laurent Frantz and Fernando Racimo www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Global Crop Diversity Day opens at the @cipotato.org in Lima ahead of @planttreaty.bsky.social GB 11 Co-hosted by the Crop Trust, CIP and Plant Treaty, it features: 🌱 The first deposit to CIP’s cryo genebank 🌱 Launch of Vegetables4Life initiative 🌱 Expert discussions @cgiar.org #biodiversity

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In 1700s Britain tea was in such high demand it was often counterfeited - with local plants mixed with turpentine, paint and sheep dung. This book shows an authentic Chinese tea leaf (bottom left) in comparison with 'spurious' substitute leaves Find out more in Hooked www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/hoo...

Nibbles: Ukraine duplication, Mexican native maize, Andean agriculture double, Campanian crops double, Pacific cryobank, Moringa promotion – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/11/nibb... #genebanks #conservation #agrobiodiversity

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Tlingit artist Nicholas Galanin, “Architecture of return, escape (The British Museum)”, a deerskin map a floor plan of the British Museum and possible escape routes for various Indigenous cultural belongings held there.

"Agricultural biodiversity is not a luxury; it is our insurance policy against an uncertain future." www.fao.org/plant-treaty... #ITPGRFA GB meets in #megadiverse Peru @planttreaty.bsky.social @AgroBioDiverse.bsky.social @CoventryCAWR.bsky.social #FarmersRights #Agroecology #FoodSovereignty

Restoring land can help build peace. In Somalia, UNEP and IOM - UN Migration projects backed by Germany show how #ClimateAction can ease resource conflicts and strengthen security. Here are some lessons learned: https://bit.ly/47BRf8k#ClimateAction #BCSC2025

Nibbles: Millennium #Seed Bank 25th, NPGS, Maize germplasm, Breadfruit genebank, Banana #genebank – Agricultural #Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/10/nibb...

🌱 Tomorrow we launch Plant Science Wales at the National Botanic Garden of Wales! Explore seed banks, herbarium tours & panels on agri-tech, biophilia & more. Organised by IBERS & NBGW, supported by the Learned Society of Wales. Follow for behind-the-scenes & speaker highlights!

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Dept. of Good to Have it Confirmed "There are hundreds of different large-scale wine scandals that suggest the institutions responsible for reviewing, rating, and certifying wine don’t deserve the reputations they pride themselves on." www.cremieux.xyz/p/the-myth-o... #wine

Brainfood: Data edition... Biodiversity intactness, Landuse change, Drought stress, Crop suitability, Yield variance, Phenotypic data Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/10/brai...

In keeping with one of the newsletter items, can’t wait to see what Tip-Top Tariffs makes of the UK’s latest crop breakthrough, assuming they eventually get enough to export. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Nibbles: Fiona Hay, Richard Ellis, FAO exhibition, Peasants, Wheat breeding, Svalbard, Søren Ejlersen, Ephraim Bull, Heirloom apples, Caffeine, Collards history – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/10/nibb... #conservation #genebanks #agrobiodiversity #biodiversity #seeds

There’s a webinar on the EU's knowledge review of Neglected & Underutilized Species on 15 October. Maybe somebody will mention why previous cycles of interest petered out? knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/event/neglec... #opportunitycrops #conservation #genebanks

Those who cannot remember the past of NUS… – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/thos... #genebanks #conservation #agrobiodiversity #seeds

No, "the world's taste for soya" isn't to blame: most people won't taste any soya, but the meat, dairy, eggs and fish produced very inefficiently with the soya as feed. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social often says: "If you want to eat less soya [to help save the Amazon], eat soya!" shorturl.at/bOvl1

Brainfood: Crop diversity has a solution for almost anything... Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/brai... #plantbreeding #conservation #seedsaving #genebanks

‘Cima di cola’ reaches a milestone, apparently – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/cima...

And herе come the managers to hit us on the sly And tinpot generals with glory in their eyes Owners, moaners, Judases and Janes But righteousness is in our eyes, we've got no time for games

Eat This Newsletter 283 * “What They Ate Was Disgusting, Filthy, and Backward” * “A Cabal of Dark Forces” * “An Increasingly Landless Agricultural System” * “Bad News for Farmers” * “Health Honeys” Read it for free at buttondown.com/jeremycherfa... #newsletter #food #agriculture

Eat This Podcast: The Miracle of Salt Talking to Naomi Duguid about her book The Miracle of Salt and we managed to avoid the whole pink salt diet trick nonsense. So should you. Listen at eatthispodcast.com/salt #food #podcast #salt

Nibbles: Seed banks everywhere edition... Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/nibb... #genebanks #conservation #seeds #biodiversity #agrobiodiversity #seedsaving #heirlooms

A concerted effort to conserve edible plants kicks off – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/a-co...

Good news from the #genebank world? Say it ain't so. Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/gene...

Nibbles: Ancient Mexican seedbank, Indian millets, Foraged foods, Soybean breeding, Apple breeding, Albanian heirlooms, Bangladesh fish genebank – Agricultural #Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/nibb... #genebanks #conservation #agrobiodiversity #seedsaving #seedbank #plantbreeding

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Earlier this week I posted a roundup of papers describing recent improvements to the "software" of #genebanks agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/brai.... Next Monday, it's the turn of genebank "hardware." Keep up to date: agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/how-...

Brainfood: Tech helping #genebanks with... Taxonomic identification, Niche mapping, Drones, Phenomics, Yield analysis... Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/brai... #conservation #technology #biodiversity #agrobiodiversity #heirloomseeds

Earlier this week I posted a roundup of papers describing recent improvements to the "software" of #genebanks agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/brai.... Next Monday, it's the turn of genebank "hardware." Keep up to date: agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/how-...

Cool tech is reshaping every step of the crop diversity conservation process.

Nibbles: Corn diseases, German potato collection, Endophyte strain, Fish nutrition, Himalayan pea, Subversive seeds – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/nibb... #conservation #seeds #genebanks #biodiversity #agrobiodiversity

Brainfood: Genebanks are sharpening their tools... Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/brai...

Biodiversity data funding opportunity www.gbif.org/news/6r10aNQ...

Nibbles: Supermarkets, Cate Blanchett, ABS, Transformation, Medieval haymaking, Aurochs re-wilding, Breed concept (with follow-up here agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/a-br...) Agricultural #Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/nibb... #genebanks #agrobiodiversity #conservation

Genebanks are sharpening their tools...

Genebanks are sharpening their tools...

Master PGRFA in the Philippines – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/mast...

What is a #genebank core collection? This is a good review: www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14.... Are they being used much? Only about 10% of papers I came across in the past few weeks described their use, rather than their construction: agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/brai... Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

A breed is a breed is a breed? – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/a-br...

Nibbles: Supermarkets, Cate Blanchett, ABS, Transformation, Medieval haymaking, Aurochs rewilding, Breed concept – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/nibb...

Are core collections any use? Or at least used? Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/brai... #genebanks #conservation #plantbreeding

Brainfood: Core collections edition! Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2025/09/brai... #conservation #biodiversity #genebanks #agrobiodiversity

Plant Genetic Resources is planning a special edition: Unlocking the Potential of National Genebanks - Tools, Strategies and Impact Metrics for sustainable Global Conservation. Katherine Baum of the Australian Grains Genebank is the Guest Editor, deadline 31 October 2025. Sounds like fun!