Monoculture Is Fragile Landraces Fight Back: Modern agriculture depends on #monocultures - vast fields of identical crops built for efficiency, but dangerously vulnerable to climate change, drought, floods, pests, and disease. #agriculture
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Monoculture Is Fragile Landraces Fight Back
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May 19, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Monoculture Is Fragile Landraces Fight Back: Modern agriculture depends on #monocultures - vast fields of identical crops built for efficiency, but dangerously vulnerable to climate change, drought, floods, pests, and disease. #agriculture
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Landraces and wild species hold genetic diversity that could be key to developing new potato varieties, which are needed to help farmers adapt to climate change and other challenges.
🥔 Learn more on #NationalPotatoDay in this 2019 issue of Science: https://scim.ag/3HEQlxE
🥔 Learn more on #NationalPotatoDay in this 2019 issue of Science: https://scim.ag/3HEQlxE
August 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Landraces and wild species hold genetic diversity that could be key to developing new potato varieties, which are needed to help farmers adapt to climate change and other challenges.
🥔 Learn more on #NationalPotatoDay in this 2019 issue of Science: https://scim.ag/3HEQlxE
🥔 Learn more on #NationalPotatoDay in this 2019 issue of Science: https://scim.ag/3HEQlxE
Landraces and wild species hold genetic diversity that could be key to developing new potato varieties, which are needed to help farmers adapt to climate change and other challenges.
🥔 Learn more on #NationalPotatoDay in this 2019 issue of Science: https://scim.ag/4g3d0Cr
🥔 Learn more on #NationalPotatoDay in this 2019 issue of Science: https://scim.ag/4g3d0Cr
August 19, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Landraces and wild species hold genetic diversity that could be key to developing new potato varieties, which are needed to help farmers adapt to climate change and other challenges.
🥔 Learn more on #NationalPotatoDay in this 2019 issue of Science: https://scim.ag/4g3d0Cr
🥔 Learn more on #NationalPotatoDay in this 2019 issue of Science: https://scim.ag/4g3d0Cr
What's also great about beans is how easy they are to grow AND propagate AND create landraces for
*looks around*
you should eat less beef (but really, beef needs to be more expensive and chicken and less carbon-intensive meat cheaper)
you should eat less beef (but really, beef needs to be more expensive and chicken and less carbon-intensive meat cheaper)
April 25, 2026 at 5:16 PM
What's also great about beans is how easy they are to grow AND propagate AND create landraces for
Genomic repetition in climate adaptation across different crop species
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October 1, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Genomic repetition in climate adaptation across different crop species
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Clones galore. Sinai and Burmese landraces. Cannabis
July 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Clones galore. Sinai and Burmese landraces. Cannabis
Tunisian researchers unlock “treasure trove” of genetic traits in heritage durum wheat
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Genome sequences of two iconic Tunisian durum wheat landraces: Mahmoudi and Chili
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April 25, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Tunisian researchers unlock “treasure trove” of genetic traits in heritage durum wheat
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Watch the animation 👇🏼
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Big AG is destroying entire ecosystems. Crop plants engineered to resist pesticides and herbicides are even destroying traditional crop landraces. This direction in genetics should have been banned years ago.
September 30, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Big AG is destroying entire ecosystems. Crop plants engineered to resist pesticides and herbicides are even destroying traditional crop landraces. This direction in genetics should have been banned years ago.
Species: Collie
// Collies form a distinctive type of herding dogs, including many related landraces and standardized breeds
// Collies form a distinctive type of herding dogs, including many related landraces and standardized breeds
October 19, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Species: Collie
// Collies form a distinctive type of herding dogs, including many related landraces and standardized breeds
// Collies form a distinctive type of herding dogs, including many related landraces and standardized breeds
Nibbles: Historical photos, Belgian pears, Miombo fruits, Kenya seed treble, Nepal landraces, Women – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/09/nibb...
#conservation #biodiversity #agrobiodiversity #genebanks #HeirloomFruits #seeds #Kenya
#conservation #biodiversity #agrobiodiversity #genebanks #HeirloomFruits #seeds #Kenya
Nibbles: Historical photos, Belgian pears, Miombo fruits, Kenya seed treble, Nepal landraces, Women
Haga Hideo’s 1950s photos of Fukushima farming rituals are now being used to revive them: ex situ conservation, but for culture. Long before photography, or “pre‑breeding” was a buzzword, Belgian pomo...
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September 30, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Nibbles: Historical photos, Belgian pears, Miombo fruits, Kenya seed treble, Nepal landraces, Women – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/09/nibb...
#conservation #biodiversity #agrobiodiversity #genebanks #HeirloomFruits #seeds #Kenya
#conservation #biodiversity #agrobiodiversity #genebanks #HeirloomFruits #seeds #Kenya
This isn’t accurate. Corn had already been bred by indigenous groups for thousands of years before Europeans came.
Modern sweetcorn was bred to be sweeter, but Europeans aren't solely responsible for turning nutritious corn into “pale yellow sugar."
See:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Modern sweetcorn was bred to be sweeter, but Europeans aren't solely responsible for turning nutritious corn into “pale yellow sugar."
See:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
A single domestication for maize shown by multilocus microsatellite genotyping
There exists extraordinary morphological and genetic diversity among the maize landraces that have been developed by pre-Columbian cultivators. To explain this high level of diversity in maize, severa...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 6, 2026 at 4:18 PM
This isn’t accurate. Corn had already been bred by indigenous groups for thousands of years before Europeans came.
Modern sweetcorn was bred to be sweeter, but Europeans aren't solely responsible for turning nutritious corn into “pale yellow sugar."
See:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Modern sweetcorn was bred to be sweeter, but Europeans aren't solely responsible for turning nutritious corn into “pale yellow sugar."
See:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Unlocking genetic diversity in Colombian cassava landraces for accelerated breeding
Zhao et al.
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Zhao et al.
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January 19, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Unlocking genetic diversity in Colombian cassava landraces for accelerated breeding
Zhao et al.
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Zhao et al.
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🌾🌿CWRs & landraces hold essential diversity for food production, but face threats. Conservation must integrate in situ & ex situ approaches to make resources accessible
Global, regional & national action is urgent to preserve these assets for breeding & food security.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Global, regional & national action is urgent to preserve these assets for breeding & food security.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Conservation of crop wild relatives and landraces for use in crop production - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Plant genetic resources — encompassing the taxonomic and genetic diversity of crop wild relatives, wild food plants and landraces — are vital to securing global food supplies. This Review synthesizes ...
www.nature.com
August 24, 2026 at 7:26 AM
🌾🌿CWRs & landraces hold essential diversity for food production, but face threats. Conservation must integrate in situ & ex situ approaches to make resources accessible
Global, regional & national action is urgent to preserve these assets for breeding & food security.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Global, regional & national action is urgent to preserve these assets for breeding & food security.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Also, seed?
Collect your own seed. Stop buying it.
Make landraces that can survive climate change.
There's more studying for you.
Collect your own seed. Stop buying it.
Make landraces that can survive climate change.
There's more studying for you.
September 19, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Also, seed?
Collect your own seed. Stop buying it.
Make landraces that can survive climate change.
There's more studying for you.
Collect your own seed. Stop buying it.
Make landraces that can survive climate change.
There's more studying for you.
More people need to learn about landraces which is the term for domestic animals that come from an area and are similar. They aren’t formally bred and don’t have papers but they are a recognizable thing.
Most cats aren’t landraces either, they are cats.
Most cats aren’t landraces either, they are cats.
December 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
More people need to learn about landraces which is the term for domestic animals that come from an area and are similar. They aren’t formally bred and don’t have papers but they are a recognizable thing.
Most cats aren’t landraces either, they are cats.
Most cats aren’t landraces either, they are cats.
Triggers for wheat-related disorders like baker’s asthma and non-celiac wheat sensitivity have not increased in modern wheat varieties. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Amylase/trypsin-inhibitor content and inhibitory activity of German common wheat landraces and modern varieties do not differ - npj Science of Food
npj Science of Food - Amylase/trypsin-inhibitor content and inhibitory activity of German common wheat landraces and modern varieties do not differ
www.nature.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Triggers for wheat-related disorders like baker’s asthma and non-celiac wheat sensitivity have not increased in modern wheat varieties. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Landraces do it too though!
August 6, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Landraces do it too though!
Jack's Saturday Night Strain is Northern Lights, as few strains come with as much widespread renown...it's a descendant of original Afghani landraces, a pure indica, a highly useful medical strain, effective at treating anxiety, pain, and insomnia, as well as lack of appetite. Legalize it.
June 14, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Jack's Saturday Night Strain is Northern Lights, as few strains come with as much widespread renown...it's a descendant of original Afghani landraces, a pure indica, a highly useful medical strain, effective at treating anxiety, pain, and insomnia, as well as lack of appetite. Legalize it.
🌾🌿Crop wild relatives and traditional landraces are key to food security and breeding. Conserving them requires better links between in situ and ex situ efforts.
Global cooperation is needed to protect and use this vital genetic diversity. #plantscience
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Global cooperation is needed to protect and use this vital genetic diversity. #plantscience
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Conservation of crop wild relatives and landraces for use in crop production - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Plant genetic resources — encompassing the taxonomic and genetic diversity of crop wild relatives, wild food plants and landraces — are vital to securing global food supplies. This Review synthesizes ...
www.nature.com
July 29, 2026 at 6:13 AM
🌾🌿Crop wild relatives and traditional landraces are key to food security and breeding. Conserving them requires better links between in situ and ex situ efforts.
Global cooperation is needed to protect and use this vital genetic diversity. #plantscience
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Global cooperation is needed to protect and use this vital genetic diversity. #plantscience
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
🧪🫛 New research highlights the declining diversity of UK pea cultivars and the barriers to integrating landraces into modern food systems.
🌍 Conserving genetic diversity in legumes is key to enhancing agricultural resilience, sustainability, and food security.
🔗 Read more: ow.ly/I84q50VsXkS
🌍 Conserving genetic diversity in legumes is key to enhancing agricultural resilience, sustainability, and food security.
🔗 Read more: ow.ly/I84q50VsXkS
April 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🧪🫛 New research highlights the declining diversity of UK pea cultivars and the barriers to integrating landraces into modern food systems.
🌍 Conserving genetic diversity in legumes is key to enhancing agricultural resilience, sustainability, and food security.
🔗 Read more: ow.ly/I84q50VsXkS
🌍 Conserving genetic diversity in legumes is key to enhancing agricultural resilience, sustainability, and food security.
🔗 Read more: ow.ly/I84q50VsXkS
Live podcast @TEDx #TEDxPashaStreet
Moez HANIN discussing #DurumGPT project—Genome sequencing of durum wheat landraces 🇹🇳
Moez HANIN discussing #DurumGPT project—Genome sequencing of durum wheat landraces 🇹🇳
April 25, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Live podcast @TEDx #TEDxPashaStreet
Moez HANIN discussing #DurumGPT project—Genome sequencing of durum wheat landraces 🇹🇳
Moez HANIN discussing #DurumGPT project—Genome sequencing of durum wheat landraces 🇹🇳
Maize #diversity in #Zimbabwe
Investigating nutrient content of landraces and biofortified #maize hybrids across different agronomic practices with Dr Grace Kangara from @rothamsted.bsky.social and National Gene Bank of Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
(with statistical guidance from @geostatlark.bsky.social)
Investigating nutrient content of landraces and biofortified #maize hybrids across different agronomic practices with Dr Grace Kangara from @rothamsted.bsky.social and National Gene Bank of Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
(with statistical guidance from @geostatlark.bsky.social)
December 19, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Maize #diversity in #Zimbabwe
Investigating nutrient content of landraces and biofortified #maize hybrids across different agronomic practices with Dr Grace Kangara from @rothamsted.bsky.social and National Gene Bank of Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
(with statistical guidance from @geostatlark.bsky.social)
Investigating nutrient content of landraces and biofortified #maize hybrids across different agronomic practices with Dr Grace Kangara from @rothamsted.bsky.social and National Gene Bank of Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
(with statistical guidance from @geostatlark.bsky.social)
