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🐝 Voracious honey bees threaten the food supply of native pollinators
#bees

Voracious honey bees threaten the food supply of native pollinators
The majority of Earth's plant species, including our crop plants, rely on the services of animal pollinators in order to reproduce. Honey bees and other pollinating insects annually contribute billions of dollars to the U.S. economy, and are responsible for nearly a third of the food that ends up on our tables.

Natural Peanut Butter Ice Cream (Vegan) #plantbased

Natural Peanut Butter Ice Cream (Vegan)
A natural peanut butter ice cream recipe is a plant-based must-have in your recipe arsenal. Make it when you crave a peanutty treat.

For the first time we got fruit (2!) on the Akebia quinata ('chocolate vine"). We planted a different clone last year for pollination and although the flowering time overlap is small, at least we got these.
Pleasant vanilla pulp (bitter seeds) a bit like cherimoya and relatives. Worth growing? A nice plant but hardly a viable fruit crop in Manchester.

"While crop seed vaults are common around the world, nurseries for wild and native plants are rare, and many plant species quietly become extinct. This marks #Gurukula out as a Noah’s ark for endangered plant species."

Does a good farmer neglect a crop he has planted?
Does a good teacher overlook even the most humble student?
Does a good father allow a single child to starve?
Does a good programmer refuse to maintain his code?
-- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"

In 2023, I wrote an article about two Bioenergy-with-CCS 🌲🔥🍃 (BECCS) projects in Denmark🇩🇰, which is somewhat timely given recent news.
It was published on the shipping news page Fathom World, which is no longer online, so I have republished it.
Back then, Ørsted announced plans for carbon capture and storage at two of its bioenergy power plants (Asnæsværket and AvedŸreværket). 🧵

Denmark's biomass plants become part of carbon dioxide shipping project
Ørsted plans to ship carbon emissions from two of its biomass-fired power plants in Denmark to the Northern Lights project in Norway.

I actually think it would be wise for high-profile right-wing figures to forgo any device capable of storing digital files.
https://gizmodo.com/tucker-carlson-says-he-doesnt-own-a-computer-because-the-cia-plants-kiddie-porn-20006…

Tucker Carlson Says He Doesn't Own a Computer Because the CIA Plants 'Kiddie Porn'
Tucker also doesn't think President Trump "likes creepy sex stuff."

Maize Seedling Detection Dataset (MSDD): A Curated High-Resolution RGB Dataset for Seedling Maize Detection and Benchmarking with YOLOv9, YOLO11, YOLOv12 and Faster-RCNN
Dewi Endah Kharismawati, Toni Kazic
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15181

Maize Seedling Detection Dataset (MSDD): A Curated High-Resolution RGB Dataset for Seedling Maize Detection and Benchmarking with YOLOv9, YOLO11, YOLOv12 and Faster-RCNN
Accurate maize seedling detection is crucial for precision agriculture, yet curated datasets remain scarce. We introduce MSDD, a high-quality aerial image dataset for maize seedling stand counting, with applications in early-season crop monitoring, yield prediction, and in-field management. Stand counting determines how many plants germinated, guiding timely decisions such as replanting or adjusting inputs. Traditional methods are labor-intensive and error-prone, while computer vision enables e…

I have to keep remembering that carrots are really not a sub-tropical crop. I plant them all year but the winter ones are so much better. Right plant for the climate and the season. You'd think I'd know that by now.
#fromthegarden #Permaculture

🌮 Corn after soy: New study quantifies rotation benefits and trade-offs
#corn

Corn after soy: New study quantifies rotation benefits and trade-offs
While the majority of Midwestern farmers rotate corn and soybeans, commodity prices and corn yield advantages compel some to plant corn year after year. Although foundational research on the benefits of corn-soybean rotation goes back decades, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign scientists are working to address remaining holistic questions about crop yield, environmental impacts, and economic returns under various crop rotation scenarios.