Nibbles: Old rice, New quinoa, Fishy stuff, Cropland landscapes, Forest landscapes, Old seed, Superdomestication, Intensification

(Before It's News)

• Youth compiles list of rare and extinct rice varieties of Assam. Maybe he should look at weedy rice too?
• Meanwhile, American farmers are learning to grow quinoa, probably including some rare varieties.
• The smelliest fish in the world. No traceability needed for that one, I guess.
• Cropland getting mapped. Presumably including the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS). Help needed by both, by the way.
• Follow the forest discussions at COP18. High on the agenda: what is a landscape? It’s what you study when you’re being holistic, no? Anyway, there’s got to be a connection to the previous links.
• Boffins find a genetic marker for old seed. Will need to Brainfood this one.
• Pat Heslop-Harrison breaks down superdomestication for you.
• SRI gets a scaling up. What could possibly go wrong?

• The history of gene discovery in banana
• D.C. Water Management
• Choose Your U GIVEAWAY! 12/30
• After Salmonella Investigation, Illinois McDonald’s Reopens
• Hoosier Report Says Don’t Lower Standards for Raw Milk
• Promise of Decision in Chesapeake Bay Poultry Case Before Year is Over
• Hazelnuts Recalled for Salmonella in Canada
• McDonalds a Link to Salmonella Stanley Outbreak
• E. coli Lawsuit Filed in Five State – Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia Outbreak
• More US Nuts Recalled in Canada Due to Salmonella