Are we losing some of our highly disease-resistant grain varieties to highly advertised corporate controlled varieties?
Organic farmers cannot use chemically treated seed, therefore they have to use high disease-resistant varieties like Park wheat and Klages barley. For wild oat control, we look for early maturing barley such as Olli or Otal.
Canada has an organization preserving heritage seeds, called Seeds of Diversity Canada.
Anyone interested in preserving heritage seeds can contact this group.
Robert Snider,New Norway, Alta.
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