Touch the Soil News #2021 (photo – Quince Fruit, a genetically diverse cousin of the Pear – (CCA SA 3.0 Unported) The Food and Agriculture Organization has put together a comprehensive report and analysis on the crops that feed the world. Of concern is the genetic diversity of the foods we eat. Obesity is becoming…
Touch the Soil News #2000 (photo – Wheat Products – (Public Domain – USDA) Mainstream Agriculture Magazine Farm Journal, on its Website news portal call AgWeb, brings an interesting story about plant diversity. Out of the world’s 300,000 edible plant species, only 200 are regularly consumed and out of that, only three species of rice,…
