Certified seed guarantees varietal purity, but specialists recommend testing all seed for germination, vigour and disease
Does certified seed mean guaranteed seed? Not necessarily, says a seed testing expert. Certified seed goes through a battery of tests to ensure vigour, germination and disease-free status, but every seed – certified or not – should be tested for the basics before it goes in the ground, says the lab manager of an Alberta […] Read moreTag Archives 20/20 Seed Labs
Seed lab founder followed whims to find success
Company was based on a hunch farmers could use such a service and backed up by a month-long road trip in rural Alta.
Sarah Foster built her company doing door-to-door sales. Make that farmgate to farmgate. “I just drove and drove, and every farm I saw, I dropped in. Some people were absolutely shocked that I would do that, but how else could I get to be known?” said Foster, who founded 20/20 Seed Labs in 1989. “I […] Read more
