end/ Our rendez-vous has, of course, been preceded by months of field-work collecting material from scores of locations, standing on decades of first-hand intelligence allowing us to identify material we describe as 'future heirlooms'. At this point, we're also rootstock-savvy.
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The rootstock team!
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More volunteers at work. These gatherings allow for the sharing and cross-pollination of a vast storehouse of bioregional intelligence.
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Tracking the collection of hundreds of varieties of multiple fruit types and their ordered distribution across a network of propagation fairs is a full time task for Kevin, our database maestro.
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Local ciderists and USDA ag scientists, our embrace includes multiple forms of diversity.
Rootstock arriving in Cottage Grove, OR, this eve. #agrariansharingnetwork @CultivateOregon
