by Nicola | Sep 30, 2009 | Landscapes of Quarantine
“Non-GMO corn seeks asylum in France,” read the Agence France Presse headline (more or less, given my rusty French). The article went on to explain that on Tuesday, September 29, “non GMO ears of corn from Spain sought refuge in the arms of the... 
by Nicola | Sep 27, 2009 | Day Out
IMAGE: Mossman Sugar Mill. All mill photos by the author. Last month, BLDGBLOG and I joined a small group (consisting mostly of wheat farmers on a busman’s holiday) to visit Mossman mill, which is just up the road from Cairns. As it happens, we are apparently on... 
by Nicola | Sep 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
2009 has really not been the year of the pig. Despite the best efforts of the USDA and the EU’s Health Commissioner, the first pandemic of the twenty-first century is commonly known as swine flu – a negative association that hasn’t helped pork sales at... 
by Nicola | Sep 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
Beer enthusiasts, myself among them, were upset to read this week that our pints of pilsner lager might be the latest casualty of climate change. New Scientist reported the depressing news: it seems that the quality of Eastern European Saaz hops is going downhill each... 
by Nicola | Sep 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
IMAGE: “Endothelium”, by Philip Beesley Over on BLDGBLOG, Geoff speculates on the agricultural possibilities of “Endothelium”, an organic, automated geotextile designed by architect Philip Beesley, in which “low-power miniature...