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    057 - Woody Agriculture. Breeding Trees, Restoring a Piece of America’s Past and Establishing a Piece of Our Agricultural Future with Phil Rutter. (Part 1 of 2)

    enJuly 08, 2014
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    About this 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 about plant breeding my conversations with him than I ever have anywhere else. Given how much information is in this epsidoe and how long this episode is, I have split it into two parts. This is part 1 of 2.With the second part dropping this Friday, July 11 as episode 58.

    Take it all in, enjoy it, and most imporantly do something with this information.

    Show Notes: www.permaculturevoices.com/57

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