Ireland’s apple collection A visit to the Irish Seedsavers Association yields history and modern science Apples picked to perfume a room. Undocumented apples and apples with false papers. Foundlings that could give a supermarket apple a run for its money. Others that don’t taste too good but are catnip to blackbirds. A heritage orchard in County Clare, Ireland.
Long live the Carolina African Runner Who cares whether it really is the "ur-peanut" of the American South Is the Carolina Runner No.4 peanut “the first peanut cultivated in North America” and does it matter anyway? Continue Reading →
The Culinary Breeding Network Breeding vegetables for flavour; now there’s a thought If you going to breed vegetables for flavour — perish the thought — you need someone to help you decide what’s good. Enter the Culinary Breeding Network. Continue Reading →
When is a zucchini not a zucchini? A guide to the history of the world's most popular summer squash A story of exploration, aristocracy and promiscuity, all in the service of better food. What more could you want? Continue Reading →
The True Father of the First Green Revolution Nazareno Strampelli, born 150 years ago this week Today’s show is something of a departure; I’m talking about someone who is crucial to global food security and yet who is almost unknown. Continue Reading →