As you look to the future of vegetable growing, look up, not out. Vertical farms are taking urban centers by storm, and...
Vertical Veggies Mean Opportunities for Seed Companies are Sky-High
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Plant Breeding
When is a Novel Food Novel? That Question is Finally Being Answered
Photo: Steve Buissinne from Pixabay The following piece is from our sister publication, Germination. Health Canada is...
The Future of Farming Is Counting on Good Communicators
It can feel like farmers are being attacked from every angle, and often it feels undeserved. While agriculturalists try to...
An Overachiever Wheat Breeder
Over the past two decades, Dean Spaner has left his mark on Alberta fields as he has turned around the University of...
On Your Own
After a decade spent in the lab and field, independent plant breeder Jim Dyck is finally seeing the fruits of his labour...
A Breed Apart
For more than three decades, Rob Graf’s dedication to wheat breeding in Canada has led to his contribution asprincipal...
Triticale Is Holding Its Own Thanks To Alberta Agriculture And Forestry Plant Breeder, Mazen Aljarrah
Thirty-four years into breeding wheat and triticale, Mazen Aljarrah, a researcher at Alberta Agriculture and Forestry’s...
Wheat Breeder Continues Making Inroads
Not all wheat varieties are created equal. And no one knows that better than Harpinder Singh Randhawa. The spring wheat and...
Ramping Up Variety Development
One of the most time-consuming parts of the crop breeding process is the time needed to grow successive generations of...