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veggies
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From Field to Fork: Part 1
Dr. Lenore Newman Part one: Food Sovereignty, Local Food, and a Healthy Region What we eat can have…
May 22, 2014
Future Plant Efficiency (to feed 9.6 billion people)
Eric Gerbrandt, Pacific Berry Resource Centre, UFV Improving plant genetic efficiency is one of the key human innovations used…
May 22, 2014
Biochar: Another tool in the toolbox
Chantal Lavoi Alternative Growing Media In Greenhouses Producers of all kinds have developed agronomic “tool boxes” that change…
May 22, 2014
Quality potatoes require early damage control
Kiara Jack The economic loss from damaged tubers can be very high. Protecting tubers against damage is a challenge…
May 22, 2014
Never too early to protect against late blight
Susan Smith & Siva Sabaratnam As members of the nightshade or solanaceous family, potato and tomato plants are…
May 22, 2014