Whitney Houston’s isolated vocal track on “How Will I Know.”
The Azonto- Ghana’s current dance craze. What I would give to be able to move my body like this!
Amanda Wachob’s gorgeous watercolor tattoos.
See more here: http://www.designsponge.com/2011/06/amanda-wachob-tattoo.html
![Since the dawn of agriculture we have been actively engaged in a symbiotic relationship with the living world. In this process we have shaped and transformed a broad number of organisms towards our needs, while at the same time promoting their survival and geographic range. Through selective breeding and pollination we have created a seemingly infinite variety of breeds and cultivars from the wild ancestors of the now domesticated plants, animals and fungi. Since the industrialisation of agriculture, particularly since the green revolution of the 1960s, our focus has shifted on only a handful of novel, high yielding, uniform breeds and cultivars. This shift has led to the loss, displacement and mass-extinction of traditional livestock and crop varieties: “By the early 1990s it was roughly estimated that genetic diversity in the world’s leading crops was declining by about 2% per annum and that perhaps three-quarters of the germplasm pool for these crops was already extinct. […] While 21% of all livestock breeds are thought to be endangered, not enough is known about another 36% to determine their condition. Ten breeds are becoming extinct every year.”* The remainder of our agricultural heritage may only survive off the grid, in remote, inhospitable regions, in seed vaults, smallholder farms or in our backyards, yet its genetic plasticity will be of utmost importance for the resilience and security of our global future food supply.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmt6651vzL1qaz6bqo1_500.jpg)
Since the dawn of agriculture we have been actively engaged in a symbiotic relationship with the living world. In this process we have shaped and transformed a broad number of organisms towards our needs, while at the same time promoting their survival and geographic range. Through selective breeding and pollination we have created a seemingly infinite variety of breeds and cultivars from the wild ancestors of the now domesticated plants, animals and fungi. Since the industrialisation of agriculture, particularly since the green revolution of the 1960s, our focus has shifted on only a handful of novel, high yielding, uniform breeds and cultivars. This shift has led to the loss, displacement and mass-extinction of traditional livestock and crop varieties: “By the early 1990s it was roughly estimated that genetic diversity in the world’s leading crops was declining by about 2% per annum and that perhaps three-quarters of the germplasm pool for these crops was already extinct. […] While 21% of all livestock breeds are thought to be endangered, not enough is known about another 36% to determine their condition. Ten breeds are becoming extinct every year.”*
The remainder of our agricultural heritage may only survive off the grid, in remote, inhospitable regions, in seed vaults, smallholder farms or in our backyards, yet its genetic plasticity will be of utmost importance for the resilience and security of our global future food supply.
