Monthly Archives: June 2023

Wheat growing and bread making cultures spread across Europe from the Fertile Crescent, and many of the practices carried out around the Mediterranean shores until the last 30 years had remained virtually unchanged from those developed in the earliest civilisation … Continue reading →

According to Dr. Colin Leakey, a legume breeder, there is an interesting story about Navy Beans. The story may have a double loop around the world. Jersey according to Colin has long historic links to beans. It is possible that … Continue reading →

“Bread of life”, “Have you eaten rice yet?”, “No Maize No Country”, “Potatoes are the second bread”,   “Banana is life- a banana is like a human life it translates from one generation to the next”, beans are “meat of the … Continue reading →

An interview with Dr. Geoff Hawtin by Andrew Ormerod and John Ellison at the Eden Project.  (2011) Geoff Hawtin is a consultant: research management with experience in international development and plant diversity.  He has held in his career senior leadership positions … Continue reading →

My interest in biodiversity food and nutrition is a bit of a journey really influenced when I was undertaking research for exhibits at Eden Project such as the ‘Plants that Feed the World’ exhibit which featured the world’s major food … Continue reading →

Based on a t presentation given on visiting the Eden Project in 2012. Many years ago when I started working in Uganda I started asking questions. The most important thing in science is not only to ask the right questions … Continue reading →

A potted history of wheat – part 1 One wheat species, bread wheat, now accounts for about 95% of the world’s wheat production It only arose about 9,000 years ago (9) sometime after farming had started.  Most of the other 5% … Continue reading →

Bread Wheat has become one of the world’s big three cereal crops with rice and maize in terms of global production, it covers more of the world’s surface than any other crop and is adapted to a wide range of … Continue reading →

History of Wheat Wheat has come along way and changed a lot in the last 12,000 years, it was there at the beginning of farming in the Fertile Crescent (which includes many of todays countries in the news S.E. Turkey, Syria, … Continue reading →