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Heather Grab is a Senior Lecturer at Cornell University’s School of Integrated Plant Science where she delivers best practices for the cultivation and processing of hemp to professionals in Cornell’s Hemp Science MPS program. She works with plant breeders, pathologists, biochemists, extension professionals, regulatory officials, and industry partners in New York state and across the globe to translate the latest science and industry insights into a curriculum that covers hemp from soil to sale.
So it should come as no surprise that our conversation covered a wide range of topics related to hemp cultivations. Those topics include:
- How Heather got involved in studying hemp
- Overview of the Cornell University Hemp Research Program
- Research into IPM in hemp. Finding out which pests are most harmful to outdoor hemp plants
- The wide variety of hemp varieties that Cornell grows in their field trials and how they prevent male fiber crops from pollinating the cannabinoid-rich plants
- What is preventing hemp from displacing other legacy crops
- How pollinators, specifically bees, interact with hemp plants
- How frost and other stresses affect cannabinoid levels
Thanks to This Episode’s Sponsor Conception Nurseries
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