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Today is the International Day of Biological Diversity. As it happens, Eat This Podcast today published an episode that raises a question I have seldom seen given any serious discussion. Are rare breeds important for the conservation of genetic diversity? Like all headline questions, the answer is probably “No”. Let me explain.

Accumulating the genetic diversity of birds around the world in a population of truly cosmopolitan chickens

How farmers in Belgium and the south of France are taking advantage of new a EU regulation to become more sustainable

Organic growers and breeders in Europe are preparing to take advantage of their new freedom to sow biodiversity

New studies make sense of tomato’s transformation from teeny-fruited weed to diversity diva.