On Friday, October 29, 2004, at 06:54 PM, Keith Thomas wrote:

>
> We can't bring back Homo floresiensis, but we can preserve other, less
> spectacular species.

Hahhaha. As a matter of fact I do grow some old varieties. Non-paleo
corn for example. I have been growing it for almost ten years, saving
seeds. Don't eat it though, just decoration these days. I did make
ersatz coffee some times with roasted corn. Nice.