V: Chestnuts, Woody Agriculture, and Breeding Trees - Restoring a Piece of America's Past and Establishing a Piece of Our Agricultural Future with Phil Rutter - Part 1 of 2 [REPLAY]

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily · Nov 4, 2016 · 1h 3m

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THIS EPISODE IS A REPLAY OF PREVIOUS PUBLISHED EPISODE.

An interview with Phil Rutter of Badgersett Research Corporation.

We talk about why perennial based woody agriculture is important and how chestnuts and hazelnuts fit into that. We also talk a lot about plant breed and using mass selection to find genotypes that have the traits that you are looking for.

This episode is pretty dense and has a ton of information in it for anyone looking to breed plants. Phil is brilliant and I think I learned more…