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Excellent meeting place for scientists, farmers and environmentalists for thoughtful discussions on... topics related to food and food production. See More
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Well-managed to allow people of diverse ideas and opinions to find respectful ways to engage in dial...ogue on food and agriculture. See More
February 6
Great place for evidence-discussion of all things food and farm!
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Planting and managing trees with drones?
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QUANTA MAGAZINE: >>> Intelligence is not a quality to attribute lightly to microbes. There is no reason to think that bacteria, slime molds and similar single-cell forms of life have awareness, understanding or other capacities implicit in real intellect. But particularly when these cells commune in great numbers, their startling collective talents for solving problems and controlling their environment emerge. Those behaviors may be genetically encoded into these cells by billions of years of evolution, but in that sense the cells are not so different from robots programmed to respond in sophisticated ways to their environment. If we can speak of artificial intelligence for the latter, perhaps it’s not too outrageous to refer to the underappreciated cellular intelligence of the former. [ https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-beautiful-intelligence-of-bacteria-and-other-microbes-20171113/]
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Vegetation intensity throughout the year for Africa. Via the Data Is Beautiful subreddit. [ https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/80o1ah/vegetation_intensity_throughout_the_year_for/ ]
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HAPPY INTERNATIONAL COFFEE DAY!

From Compound Interest …

>>We’ve looked at various aspects of coffee chemistry on the site previously, but haven’t yet looked at the key divide between coffee beans: arabica and robusta. This graphic looks at the two types of coffee beans and some of their chemical differences.<<

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It’s #InternationalCoffeeDay ☕️ do you prefer arabica or robusta? Here’s a look at some of the differences between the two! https://www.compoundchem.com/2018/09/30/arabica-robusta/

SEX AND FOOD

Review of a book recently recommended by Nature News and Comment, "Sex on the Kitchen Table", by Dr. Norman C. Ellstrand, distinguished professor of genetics at the University of California, Riverside.

>>Readers of Sex on the Kitchen Table will certainly learn more about tomatoes, bananas, avocados, beets, and squash, including the reproductive techniques of each. The discussion on human intervention and the banana is particularly interesting, blending science, ...politics, business, and sex.<<

H/T Eclectic Science

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Sex on the Kitchen Table: The Romance of Plants and Your Food | Washington Independent Review of Books
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