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Tag Archives: kale
Open Source Seeds
Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
A group of researchers and plant breeders based at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, on Thursday announced a new initiative intended to break the monopoly control over plant genetic materials promoted by the use…
Posted in agriculture, horticulture, knowledge transfer, money and trade
Tagged America, brassica, breeding, broccoli, carrot, conservation, crop, crop diversity, development, Europe, farmer, food sovereignty, gardener, genetic diversity, kale, patent, plant_dicot, pseudocereal, quinoa, scientist, seed, seedbank, tradition, umbellifer, vegetable, vegetable variety
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Science about kale and the immune system
Thanks to Monica Cassani at Beyond Meds (see my reblog a few minutes ago) I’ve just looked up the science that’s mentioned in the video she links to, about how kale is good for the immune system. It’s a 2011 … Continue reading
Posted in human health
Tagged brassica, human, immunity, kale, lab animal, mouse, nutrition, research, vegetable
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Kale and the immune system ( #foodie Friday)
Originally posted on Everything matters:
I know a lot of kale eaters…but apparently the typical American eats only 1 cup a year…I eat easily that much every couple of days at certain times of year…this is an interesting little video…and…
Posted in human health
Tagged brassica, human, immunity, iron, kale, nutrition, vegetable
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