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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Genepool Sacrificed for Yield
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Fri, 04/12/2009 – Jude Fanton Those who feed the cities grow crops such as okra, maize, onions, tomatoes, gingers...
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Jude and Michel in Conversation with Costa Georgiadis, 6pm Friday 12th
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Fri, 28/09/2012 – Jude Fanton In Conversation on Seed Freedom, with Costa Georgiadis 107 Redfern Street, Redfern – free...
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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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How did you start Seed Savers?
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Fri, 17/07/2009 – Michel Fanton Just reflecting on how we started Seed Savers in the 1980s… Jude and I...
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Papua New Guinea tales
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Sun, 08/03/2009 – Michel Fanton Here we are in Port Moresby promoting “Our Seeds: Seeds Blong Yumi” documentary and...
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"Our Seeds" broadcast 15 times in Solomon Islands
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Wed, 03/06/2009 – Michel Fanton One Television in the Solomon Islands screened ‘Our Seeds’ our one hour documentary, an...
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Article on Seed Savers in Sydney Morning Herald's 'Good Living Magazine'
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Wed, 14/10/2009 – Michel Fanton Journalist Carli Ratcliff interviewed Jude and me when she attended one of our courses...
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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...