Climate Change and Fruit Trees - How Do We Prepare?

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Climate Change and Fruit Trees - How Do We Prepare?

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Apr 26, 2016

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Greg Peck of Cornell University discusses how climate change is affect the way we grow our fruit trees. And...what to do with your bumper crop with Joel MacCharles of wellpreserved.ca.

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Apr 26, 2016

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Learn to grow fruit trees and food forests, gaining actionable insights in every podcast episode. Join fruit production instructor Susan Poizner as she interviews experts on fruit trees, food forests and permaculture. Winner of the 2021 GardenComm Silver Award of Achievement for Broadcast Media: Radio Program Overall.

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Climate Change and Fruit Trees - How Do We Prepare?

Climate Change and Fruit Trees - How Do We Prepare?

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