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Celebrating National Spinach Day

Dan March 26, 2018 This Land of Ours, Vegetables

Cathy Isom tells us why we are celebrating the leafy green vegetable that packs quite the nutritional punch. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Celebrating National Spinach Day Spinach is a versatile green veggie that can be eaten raw or cooked. It is available fresh, frozen or canned. Today, you may want to add Spinach to one of …

Improving Citrus Using Genetic Tools
By Manjul Dutt Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of two articles on plant improvement. Next month will feature the timeline for CRISPR-developed trees. Traditional methods for improving citrus, such as crossbreeding different varieties, can be time-consuming due to the creation of a random mix of genes from both parents through a […]
What’s Working in Griffin’s Grove
Not far from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC) in Lake Alfred, Jason Griffin owns and operates a commercial citrus grove. While commercial in nature, the grove also has become a working experiment for the CREC citrus breeders. Griffin has worked closely with UF/IFAS […]

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