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Tag Archives: harvest
Insects could be the future of food
In many cultures, insects are delicacies. Mostly people are eating beetles (Coleoptera) and caterpillars (Lepidoptera). People also eat bees, wasps and ants (Hymenoptera), cicadas (Hemiptera), locusts and crickets (Orthoptera), dragonflies (Odonata) and flies (Diptera). Eating insects is called entomophagy. Those … Continue reading
Posted in food, knowledge transfer, miniculture
Tagged coleopteran, dipteran, entomoculture, entomophagy, food, foraging, harvest, hemipteran, hunting, hymenopteran, lepidopteran, odonatan, orthopteran, wild food
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A decade of extremes
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) tells us that the first decade of the 21st century was the warmest for both hemispheres and for both land and ocean temperatures since measurements began in 1850. As you know, I think the evidence … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, money and trade, weather and climate
Tagged Africa, America, ancient tree, Asia, climate, data, Europe, farmer, glacier, grass, harvest, hay, ice, land, plant_dicot, plant_gymnosperm, plant_monocot, rock, sea, summer, sunlight, temperature, tree, weather
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Crop of the month: Asparagus
The moon was full two weeks ago, so I’m late writing about harvest this month. You can see other posts in this series by following my ‘harvest’ tag. This month, let’s admire asparagus. I’d like to tell you that the … Continue reading
Posted in horticulture
Tagged allotment, asparagus, crop, garden, gardener, harvest, history, plant_monocot, vegetable
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Celebrating carrots (even if they don’t give you night vision)
Originally posted on Sciencelens:
Today, 4 April 2013, is the 10th celebration of International Carrot Day, the day to dress in orange and celebrate the wholesome goodness of these versatile and delicious orange vegetables. I wonder whether Carrot Day being…
Posted in horticulture, human health, knowledge transfer
Tagged carrot, crop, harvest, knowledge, nutrition, plant_dicot, root, taproot, umbellifer, vegetable, Vitamin A
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Threshing rice in sub-Saharan Africa
When you’ve grown rice, you have to thresh out the grain. Threshing manually is hard work and wasteful. So rice farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are glad to have a good threshing machine. AfricaRice and the European Initiative for Agricultural Research … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, food
Tagged Africa, child, development, farmer, food processing, grain, harvest, plant_monocot, rice, staple food, technology, woman
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The extraordinary diversity of Brassica oleracea
Originally posted on The Botanist in the Kitchen:
Before the caterpillars attacked: Red Russian kale seedlings Jeanne turns her frustration with caterpillars in her garden into an exploration of the botany behind an extraordinary species: Brassica oleracea. White cabbage butterflies…
Posted in horticulture
Tagged arthropod, brassica, breeding, broccoli, brussels sprout, butterfly, cabbage, cabbage white butterfly, cauliflower, crop, domestication, garden, harvest, history, insect, lepidopteran, pest, plant_dicot, vegetable, wild cabbage
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Crop of the month: Leek
The moon was full last night so I’m thinking about harvest. You can see other posts in this series by following my ‘harvest’ tag. This month, let’s admire the leek. At this time of year in Britain the leek (Allium … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, horticulture
Tagged academia, Allium white rot, biotechnology, breeding, crop, disease, fungus, Fusarium basal rot, garden, genetic modification, harvest, history, leek, myth, onion, plant_monocot, selective breeding, vegetable, vegetable variety
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How the food we eat can connect kids to nature
argylesock says… Every year in season, we’d go to the Pick Your Own farm. Then we’d eat strawberries with cream, my mother would make jam and pies… you never forget something like that.
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