Heritage Wheat Project

The Heritage Wheat Project (HWP) has existed since 1998 as a program of 'The Garden Institute of Alberta', a registered Canadian charity. The HWP has found funds for various local, regional and international seed bank projects. In 2007 we did preliminary work in enhancing the nutrition of grains by using various blends of bacteria/fungi in compost tea added to the soil. In 2008 we are working on a GIS model to match climate with heritage variety data to help screen varieties for crop sites; we will continue the nutritional work with heritage corn and wheat.

Project coordinator Sharon Rempel.

About Red Fife Wheat (PDF, 44KB)