Projects
Perennial Dividing Onion Diversification
A long term project to bring back the diversity in potato onions and other perennial dividing onions by…
Job's Tears as a Perennial Grain
This project aims to study the utility of Job's Tears (Coix lacryma-jobi) as a perennial grain in warm…
Northern Canadian C. moschata Landrace Breeding…
I am looking to landrace/swarm breed some large, early, cold night tolerant, resilient Curcubita…
Perennial Kale Breeding Project
Oregon-based plant breeder Chris Homanics is working to develop diverse perennial kale lines that taste great,…
Sword Bean as a Young Tree Companion Plant
This project aims to evaluate the efficacy of two perennial species of sword bean (Canavalia…
Dryland Rice for Northern Cultivation
There is great potential for growing dryland, or upland, rice in organic cultivation in more northern…
Wetlands Rice Variety Trials
There is great potential for small-scale, organic rice production on marginal wetlands using agro-ecological…
Tartary Buckwheat Germplasm Evaluation
Evaluating roughly 80 accessions of Tartary Buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum), a valuable pseudo-cereal and…