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Read more at: Notes from the Field: Brazilian PANCs by Ryan Nehring
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Notes from the Field: Brazilian PANCs by Ryan Nehring

22 June 2022

Notes from the Field: Brazilian PANCs The fifth instalment in our project blog, where From Collection to Cultivation members share research insights, snippets, and ideas. The image of Brazilian agriculture across the globe is polarising. For some, vast fields of technologically-advanced monoculture are the archetype of...


Read more at: Sovereignty and the Food Systems Summit by Hitesh Pant
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Sovereignty and the Food Systems Summit by Hitesh Pant

8 April 2022

Sovereignty and the Food Systems Summit by Hitesh Pant The fourth instalment in our project blog, where From Collection to Cultivation members share research insights, snippets, and ideas. On 23 September 2021, the United Nations Food Systems Summit was inaugurated during the UN General Assembly as a significant historical...


Read more at: Heritage Seeds and Settler Legacies by Helen Anne Curry
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Heritage Seeds and Settler Legacies by Helen Anne Curry

1 March 2022

Heritage Seeds and Settler Legacies by Helen Anne Curry The third instalment in our project blog, where From Collection to Cultivation members share research insights, snippets, and ideas. I first encountered Mandan seeds as I pieced together the history of some corn samples placed in the care of the US Department of...


Read more at: Desvenar: Reimagining Fieldwork by Daniela Sclavo
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Desvenar: Reimagining Fieldwork by Daniela Sclavo

1 February 2022

Desvenar: Reimagining Fieldwork by Daniela Sclavo The second instalment in our project blog, where From Collection to Cultivation members share research insights, snippets, and ideas. Inés instructed me to wash and desvenar the guajillo chiles for the next day’s mole. The literal translation of desvenar is to devein...


Read more at: Paying Attention to Aphids by João P. R. Joaquim
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Paying Attention to Aphids by João P. R. Joaquim

6 December 2021

Paying Attention to Aphids by João P. R. Joaquim The first instalment in our project blog, where From Collection to Cultivation members share research insights, snippets, and ideas. Most histories where insects have a significant role gravitate towards those critters that people either love or hate. But what about one that...


Read more at: Winter 2021 Project Update

Winter 2021 Project Update

4 December 2021

Read our Winter 2021 Project Update from our Newsletter, archived here: Winter Newsletter, 2022. To subscribe to our newsletter, email us at hps-cultivation@lists.cam.ac.uk


Read more at: From Collection to Cultivation team visits Brogdale

From Collection to Cultivation team visits Brogdale

5 October 2021

At the end of September, some of our team had the pleasure of visiting the Brogdale Collections—home of the National Fruit Collections, the living gene bank for UK fruit crop diversity. As our first group research visit since the project's launch, it also presented an opportunity for our team to meet in person after a year...


Read more at: ISHPSSB panel: Plant data science between policy and technology (July 2021)

ISHPSSB panel: Plant data science between policy and technology (July 2021)

10 May 2021

From Collection to Cultivation PI Helen Anne Curry and University of Exeter colleague Sabina Leonelli will be presenting a panel entitled "Plant data science between policy and technology" at this year's ISHPSSB Biennial Meeting 2021. Full details on the panel and the conference can be found here: https://datastudies.eu/...


Read more at: Spring 2021 Project Update

Spring 2021 Project Update

26 April 2021

Read our Spring 2021 Project Update from our Newsletter, archived here: Spring Newsletter, 2021. To subscribe to our newsletter, email us at hps-cultivation@lists.cam.ac.uk


Read more at: Wellcome Trust Doctoral Studentship, 2021–2024

Wellcome Trust Doctoral Studentship, 2021–2024

21 September 2020

'From Collection to Cultivation: Historical Perspectives on Crop Diversity and Food Security' The Department of History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) , University of Cambridge, invites applications for a three-year doctoral studentship to start in October 2021. We seek outstanding candidates whose research will explore...