Category Archives: Nutrition

Churchill Fellowship Community engagement and participatory breeding and selection in tree and field crops. (Abridged version)

Posted on July 15, 2022 by cornucopiaalchemy

Andrew Ormerod Edited version Copyright © 2022 by Andrew Ormerod.The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed in this report and its content are those of the author and not of the Churchill Fellowship … Continue reading →

Posted in Biodiversity, Bread, Canada, Churchill Travel Fellowship, Cover Crops, Evolutionary plant breeding, Farmer Researchers, Fibre crops, Food and Nutrition, Food Resilience, Fruit, Germany, Global food crops, Improving rural livlihoods, Learning by doing, Local Food, Local Markets, Local production, Long term planning, Mixed cropping, North America, Nurseries, Nutrition, Nuts, Orchards, Organic research, Orphan crops / Under utilised crops, Participatory plant breeding, Participatory research, Paticipatorry varietal selection, Plant Breeding, Potatoes, Seed Production, Seed Sovereignty, soft fruit, Student led research, Sustainable production, Tree Domestication, Tree Nurseries, UK crops, Uncategorized, Value added Product, Vegetables, Wheat, World Agroforestry Centre | Leave a comment

Local Food Marketing Arcata, Humbolt County, California

Posted on February 3, 2020 by cornucopiaalchemy

Visit North Coast CO OP Arcata A members co-op This is a members Co-op with 18,000 members in 2018.  It offers benefits to members and there also different different opportunities for members to invest in the Co-op. Local products are … Continue reading →

Posted in Churchill Travel Fellowship, Food Resilience, Local Food, Local Markets, Local production, North America, Nutrition, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Cornwall and South West Fruit Focus 5 ‘Land use, grower and market opportunities’ for fruit and nuts.- overview of talks

Posted on May 8, 2014 by cornucopiaalchemy

This is the 5th in the series of talks which have taken place over the years since 2007 – each event dealing with different themes which add information relevant to encouraging renewed interest in fruit production and market development in … Continue reading →

Posted in Cornish Crops, Cornish Produce, Food and Nutrition, Fruit, Global food crops, Niche Product, Nutrition, Orchards, Value added Product | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Who grows the most? Who eats the most? The impact of global caloric staples by Andrew Ormerod

Posted on May 7, 2014 by cornucopiaalchemy

Interactive talk for Eden Food Week 2005 – event organised by Andrew Ormerod Theme – “Global Agriculture – food and nutrition issues A modern quest for food In the 1950’s supporters of Malthus ideas foresaw the growing world population outstripping food … Continue reading →

Posted in About Andrew Ormerod Eden Project Economic Botanist, Eden Project - historic horticultural developments, Food week/month activities, Global food crops, Maize, Nutrition, Potatoes, Rice, Wheat | Leave a comment

Traditional food diversity and health – the case of yellow bananas by Andrew Ormerod

Posted on April 30, 2014 by cornucopiaalchemy

Pohnpei is a blip in the Pacific Ocean, one of four island groups that make up the Federated States of Micronesia.  If you are a fan of Oliver Sack’s books you may have read  ‘Island of the Colour Blind’ about … Continue reading →

Posted in Bananas, Food and Nutrition, Fruit, Health, niche crops, Nutrition, Oceania | 1 Comment