Scientists Breed Hazelnuts as the Next Cash Crop for Midwest Farmers
Original post at Newsbug.info By Greg Stanley, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) From a hill surrounded by the thawing mud of empty cornfields, farmer Chris Gamer leaned over a 1-year-old hazelnut bush. “This makes me really happy,” he said, holding a catkin...
Syrian Refugees Toil on Turkey’s Hazelnut Farms with Little to Show for It
Original post in New York Times By David Segal Hazelnuts drying in Akcakoca on the Black Sea coast of northern Turkey, which grows about 70 percent of the world’s supply. Credit Omer Urer/Anadolu Agency, via Getty Images On farms that produce 70 percent of the world’s...
The 20-Year Quest To Save Nutella
Original post in NPR PLANET MONEY Podcast April 3, 2019 Stacey Vanek Smith Darius Rafeiyan LISTEN HERE: 9:35 DOWNLOAD Podcast “Planet Money” EMBED Northwest Hazelnut Editor’s Note: Alas that this NPR segment never gives a nod to the work of Shawn Mehlenbacher,...
Turkey Earns Some $1.18B in Hazelnut Exports in 7 Months
Original post in Yeni Safak News Service | Anadolu Agency Turkey, world’s largest hazelnut exporter, sells nearly 190,000 tons of hazelnut from September to March Turkey sold over 189,000 tons of hazelnuts abroad in the first seven months of the export season,...
