I recently hosted a debate at the end of the public screening of this film in a small local event.
This film is very beautiful, beautiful images and soundtrack, a beautiful atmosphere… a very nice realization on the subject of seeds in Africa.
if you have the opportunity to see this do not hesitate an instantn a documentary that dusts the genre on a subject we love !
Saltwater adapted rice breeding
Farming general saltwater adapted crops
Hey, I just came to this thread to post that exact same video! It’s long, but it’s VERY good. 
I saw this in another thread, and I thought it might have gotten buried there, so I’m posting it here.
Wow, Alan Kapuler’s thoughts on GMOs are spot on! Such a scientific, nuanced, ethical approach. I’m glad he decided to share this.
I clicked through that second video and happened to hit the spot where he talked about ash trees and emerald ash borers. There were a lot of ash trees in southern Indiana and the whole surrounding region, now they are nearly extinct. I watched it happen over a period of three or four years.
It is true that very some very small trees escaped but it is absolutely not true that only old and unhealthy trees were killed. The species is nearly extinct here now. Nobody went deep into state and nation forests across a dozen or more states to cut down millions of ash trees, the bugs did a fine job of killing them without the help of chain saws.
I also don’t believe in general that only unhealthy plants are attacked by pests or disease.
Here’s a very fun math video with a spot in the middle that demonstrates beautifully why multiple layers of plants can absorb far more sunlight than just a flat surface.
(She uses the example of the amount of paint needed to coat the exterior of a dragon dungeon . . . but it’s all about surface area, either way!)
If all you want is the relevant section, go from around 3:20 to around 5:00.
The whole video’s awesome. In fact, her whole Doodling in Math Class playlist is awesome. She mixes mathematics, art, and snarky humor to make some of my favorite videos on YouTube.
The ultimate cucurbita conference for anyone intrrested in squash breeding, with the great Brent Loy:
Charming and exciting to see a carefully designed food forest that is over a hundred years old.
“Exploring Cucurbits’ genetics: Cucumber, Melon, Watermelon breeding strategies”, with the great Michael Mazourek. A Seed Change conference I attended 2 weeks ago
Wow. Is it possible that some ecosystems are better off without worms?
I haven’t delved into it but I am sure we could find nuggets in that, methodologically speaking:
Maybe we’ll need to get rid of the usual scientific blablas and ways to say things in a complicated way whereas it could be said simpler…
Remember this must-see vid I had linked before?
Here a few more with many useful nuggets in them:
Generalistic, then great specific deep dives:
One I haven’t listened too yet:
All these in England in 2024, so quite up to date knowledge.
Then this one also interesting:
This is an interesting idea for air layering! (One minute video.)
Do you guys think using a carrot like that would work? It seems like a reasonable idea to me.
I started taking courses on the IPS Konzalting support, It looks really good to get the basics in genetics that I lack.
Thank you for this good plan Thomas.
Ps: (it’s funny but in the online participants on the icons on the right we sometimes see names and known faces Emma Flippon, Jeremy Bertrand…frenchies are at the first row of the class lol)