Daynan Lepore-Foster (student researcher), Mary Jane Clark (research lead), Craig Willett (A.M.A. Horticulture), Melissa Drake (student researcher), Rain Avila (student researcher), Jason Henry (Vineland Research), Rick Bradt (A.M.A. Horticulture) UPDATE: June 25, 2020: This project so far has demonstrated that significantly reducing root defects in containerized tree production is achievable through better propagation methods and transplanting to a container that allows tree roots to continue … Continue reading The Science of Healthy Roots »

Kimberley Cathline is the new Research Project Manager of the Agriculture & Environmental Technologies Innovation Centre (AETIC). Like two sides of the same coin, agriculture researcher Kimberley Cathline has always been captured by both the science and the artistic beauty of plant life. Take the orchid, for example. A favourite flower of hers, it’s an exquisite display of precision and grown with great patience. While … Continue reading New Research Project Manager plants roots in Niagara »

  Text by: Michael Hanemaayer   It’s not just Nutella that has been brought to Ontario. It’s also an opportunity for an explosion in hazelnut farming in the province. Ferrero has a modernized plant in Brantford, Ont., which was built in 2006, where products such as Nutella, Tic Tac and Ferrero Rocher are created for places within North America, and exported all the way to … Continue reading Partnering with Confectioner Ferrero »