Some of the seed sector’s most well-known names are popping up in the cannabis realm. Here’s why this crop represents new opportunities for these industry stalwarts. Charles Pick began his career in forage seed in 1990. Serving as vice-president turf operations for...
Photo: NickyPe from Pixabay The following piece is from our sister publication, Germination. Health Canada and the seed industry have opened the door to a new era. For Jan Slaski, April 19, 2021, will forever be the day that changed the hemp industry in Canada for the...
Photo: Pixabay The following piece is from our sister publication, Germination. April 19, 2021, was an important day for Canada’s hemp sector, when Health Canada released its 2021 list of approved hemp cultivars for commercial cultivation for licensed growers. For the...
After using medicinal cannabis to treat her migraines, Alberta farmer Serena Donovan decided to diversify her family farm by starting to grow it herself. Growing up, Serena Donovan always viewed cannabis in the lens that most people do — an illegal drug, used for a...
In the cannabis sphere, genetics is only the beginning as breeders work to understand the plant and create the next generation of seed. Greg Baute has a problem. It’s one that many breeders of other major crop kinds wish they had. “There’s too much genetic diversity...
