Fri, 20/03/2009 – Jude Fanton
The New Zealand Tree Crop Association commissioned assays and a full analysis of antioxidant levels in the skin and flesh of fifty-nine varieties of apples. The analysis found generally that traditional varieties and seedlings contained more antioxidants than commercial ones.
This research will come as a shock to commercial apple breeders when they compare the levels of compounds in traditional (heritage) apples with those of the modern cultivars, and realise just how much is missing from the modern apple. Download a pdf of the apple study. See http://www.treecrops.org.nz/resrch/apple/applecanc.html
More Antioxidants in Old Varieties of Apples
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Workshops on seed saving in Victoria in April 2010
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Wed, 24/03/2010 – Jude Fanton There will be two seed saving events with Jude and Michel Fanton in Eltham...
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Mishima Elementary School Collects and Saves Seeds
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Haiku of Climate Change Readiness
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Sun, 13/11/2009 – Jude Fanton IMAGE Huge concrete tetrapacks line the beaches Few rivers on the coastal plains of...
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Concentration of Ownership of Seeds
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Wed, 02/02/2011 – Jude Fanton Since 1995 the speed of take-overs of seed companies has increased astronomically. Now some...
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Seeds and Pesticides Connection
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Kids, Nature and Food
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04/04/2009 Jude Fanton IMAGE Girl with massive daikon seed head in our Seed Savers Gardens. Kids love finding seeds,...
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Helping Save Traditional Varieties in Bulgaria
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Sun, 08/03/2009 – Jude Fanton In February 2002 we received this email and were happy to help by giving...
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Screening adventures
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Wed, 18/03/2009 – Michel Fanton In September 2008 we had an enlivening experience on our way to screening the...