In Season: plant breeding

WNYC News | Aug 28

Plant breeding is as old as agriculture itself. The Culinary Breeding Network and Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming is putting on a public tasting in Cold Spring this weekend, where visitors can try new and emerging vegetable, grain, and fruit varieties. Some of those include the Habanada pepper, which has all the flavor and none of the heat compared to habaneros, Upstate Abundance potatoes, and a cucumber that staves off downy mildew disease.  

Amelia Tarpey, Program and Publicity Manager for GrowNYC Greenmarkets, said new creations by some of these breeder can be found regularly at city markets.

The Variety Showcase is in Cold Spring, New York Sunday at 3p.m. 

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