During harvest last year, banana farmers in Jordan and Mozambique made a chilling discovery. Their plants were no longer bearing the soft, creamy fruits they’d been growing for decades. When they cut open the roots of their banana plants, they saw something that looked like this:
Weirding Diary: 5
In the South Lake Union part of Seattle, where Amazon has its campus, there is a "community banana stand" where anyone can grab a banana for free. Each time I…
Features - A Passion for Fruit - Archaeology Magazine - May/June 2025
Exploring the surprisingly rich archaeological record of berries, melons…and more
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I don't even know where to start with this crap (partly because it's hard to tell which of the studies the 17 "jogging" effects came from, partly because it seems obvious from the paper that the more studies the more the "effect" disappears) https://t.co/Gniv5Ht8g3 pic.twitter.com/qbToQ2yOGM— Science Banana (@literalbanana) March 12, 2024
Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutritious?
Because of soil depletion, crops grown decades ago were much richer in vitamins and minerals than the varieties most of us get today
Gambiarra: repair culture | efeefe
Maker culture has gained a lot of ground in the last few years. Maybe too much, in fact. We can of course ignore those people who are only, as always, surfing the current wave of hype. They seldom have any clue of the ideas they are selling themselves with anyway. But it also feels as though everybody else is talking about maker culture. Those words are even being uttered by people who have always been opposed to what they should mean. Or is it me? Did I get it wrong all the way?
Small Batch Banana Pancakes (Just for You!)
These banana pancakes are naturally sweet from mashed banana, super fluffy, and this recipe makes exactly 3 pancakes. No measuring cups full of leftover batter, no feeding the whole neighborhood.
TreeEater Nursery
Our Edible Plant Nursery offers Fruit Trees, Nut Trees and Berry Bushes
Power, Food and Agriculture
One of the most pressing concerns about the industrialization of agriculture and food is the consolidation and concentration of markets for agricultural inputs, agricultural commodities food proces…
Iowa Crops Look Like Food — But No One’s Eating
Inside a system that traps farmers, and screws up the planet
Japan does not cut down centuries-old trees for development. Instead, experts spend months preparing their roots and relocating them
When roads, railways or new buildings are planned, centuries-old trees are often among the first casualties of development. In Japan, however, some of the country's most valuable trees are given a second chance.
Can We Grow More Food on Less Land? | Hacker News
Quick overview of a farmer's land that uses this method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stABAx82TbY he harvest around 3x more cocoa per hectare than traditional methods and its one of the most valuable in the world right now.
This Nude Vegan Blogger Drama Is Incredible
Freelee the Banana Girl, the nude blogger who sometimes eats 51 bananas in a single day, is knee-deep in drama.
The brutal trade-off that will decide the future of food
A growing number of thinkers say factory farming can help save the planet. Are they right?
Friday Facts #414 - Spoils of Agriculture | Factorio
Hello, last week you've seen how Gleba looks, it's time to get a glimpse of what you can do there. With the idea of being a biological planet full of life, it seems reasonable to expect our engineer is about to harvest some of that. We already have ways of harvesting nature, specifically trees. On Nauvis we either just hit them with an axe enough times, or later our construction robots take care of that friendly forest devastation. These tools aren't quite up to speed to be a part of a mass-production chain in our factories, though... Both of the Nauvis methods are initiated manually so not the best for automation, and the trees don't grow back - so once an area has been harvested, you need to move your operation further.
