How does the food brought back from extinction taste like? And why do we need more #cropdiversity on our plates?

Find out from Dan Saladino, who shares a fascinating food experience he had in Germany.

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Through his meticulous research and engaging storytelling, Dan Saladino highlights the critical role of #cropdiversity in ensuring a resilient future for global agriculture.

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“You can eat the same food almost anywhere in the world. In Eat Until it's Gone (Dutch title), Dan Saladino argues for the restoration of diversity in agricultural crops & products” 🙏Trouw for reviewing 🙏 Walburg Pers for publishing & huge 🙏 to Dutch readers for responding.

This Friday, 20:00, we welcome Dan Saladino to discuss the question: can we tune the Dutch food system to respond to the dynamics and diversity of our unique delta landscape?
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To mark the arrival of the Dutch edition of Eating to Extinction (published by Walburg Pers & translated by Rene Zanderink) next week I’ll be in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, including an event at the brilliant De Balie Kom en sluit je bij ons aan!!!

There are more than 1,000 varieties of banana, and we eat one of them. Here’s why that’s absurd | Dan Saladino theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Good luck Miners Arms Nenthead

A story illustrating the dangers of homogenisation. Genetic diversity of microbes in cheesemaking is declining. Many famous cheeses rely on a single strain of fungi at risk of dying out. Lose diversity, lose adaptability say ⁦⁦⁦Vox⁩ vox.com/down-to-earth/…

This 11-minute video honours Simon Fairlie’s Smallholder farming legacy at Monkton Wyld Court community. The survival of Britain's oldest micro-dairy and his @thelandmag is in peril.

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#NoFarmersNoFood #FarmsNotFactories #SaveOurSmallholders

Here's the link to today's programme on BBC Sounds - a festive treat of a books episode, featuring all our presenters, some special guests and a lot of inspiring authors. Perfect listening for Sunday evening tree decoration with a glass in hand 🍷🎄bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Britain’s native farm animals can be rarer than giant pandas economist.com/britain/2023/1… from The Economist

Not only did Russell Norman create beautiful restaurants, produce exquisite books and celebrate the riches of Italian food culture with brilliance - he was also one of the kindest, most generous and genuine supporters of other people’s work I’ve known. Such a sad sad loss.