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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

We've been eating it for more than 100 years': how one community turns stink bug infestations into lunch

The big harvesting opportunity comes during mautam, the rare mass flowering of bamboo (Melocanna baccifera) that triggers stink bug outbreaks. There isn't a fixed date or month; it's mostly around September-October, says Lalvohbika, a conservationist at Dampa tiger reserve in Mizoram. But weather patterns are changing these days. In 2022 we saw them as early as May and then again in September-October.
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fromHigh Country News
2 months ago

How to build a food sovereignty lab - High Country News

A university lab integrates Indigenous food systems research, public sharing of traditional foods, student refuge, and Traditional Ecological Knowledges to advance food sovereignty.
Design
fromArchDaily
3 months ago

Kosovo Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale Explores Shifting Agricultural Landscapes Through Soil and Scent

Kosovo's Venice Biennale pavilion materializes agricultural shifts and ecological rupture through soils and smells, foregrounding sensory knowledge loss and recalibration under climate pressure.
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