peppers Archives - EFAO

Southern Ontario Pepper Breeding Project

Peppers! On-Farm Pepper Breeding in Canada

Peppers! On-Farm Pepper Breeding in Canada

Join Canadian farmers and Michael Mazourek, breeder at Cornell University, for a one-hour discussion on on-farm pepper breeding.

EFAO receives Organic Farming Research Foundation grant to support three farmer-led breeding projects

EFAO receives Organic Farming Research Foundation grant to support three farmer-led breeding projects

Award, Farmer-Led Research

EFAO has received funding from the Organic Farming Research Foundation to support three ongoing farmer-led breeding projects on locally adapted vegetables.

Southern Ontario Participatory Pepper Breeding Project

This document outlines the steps that Rebecca, Greta, Annie and Kathy will follow to continue breeding a pepper as part of the Southern Ontario Pepper Breeding Project. It also serves as a Memorandum of Understanding between the farmer-researchers and the EFAO.

Is it possible to breed an early, blocky pepper with good flavour that is adapted to organic systems in southern Ontario?

Four growers continued to select and stabilize peppers for their breeding project. Progress was made towards stabilizing the developing variety. Progress to Date: â€¢ Growers made progress towards stabilizing the lines of red and yellow peppers â€¢ A red pepper from...