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Cracking hazelnuts and commerce: UFV researcher bridges the gap
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Cracking hazelnuts and commerce: UFV researcher bridges the gap
UFV’s Chris Bodnar is helping B.C.’s hazelnut industry re-launch after blight wiped it out a decade ago. A decade ago, B.C.’s hazelnut industry was in crisis. Stricken by Eastern Filbert Blight, orchard after orchard in the Fraser Valley was wiped out. A once-thriving hazelnut farm in Agassiz had 8,000 trees, all destroyed by the deadly fungus. Many farmers moved on to other things. At a tremendous cost, others stayed, planting blight-resistant…
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