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ISBN: 9781897071212-04

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Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada

From: Good Crop / Bad Crop

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Chapter 4 examines the connection between the agriculture, particularly wheat production, and the development of the Canadian nation, the prairie provinces, the genetics of red fife, cross breeding, new Mendelian science, the Canadian Grains Act in 1912, postwar agricultural policies and production, corn production, the Canada Seeds Act of 1923, and a case study of canola.

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Devlin Kuyek

Devlin Kuyek is the Canadian co-ordinator for GRAIN, an international NGO that promotes sustainable management and agricultural biodiversity.