Research Initiatives for Rhodiola rosea Continued research into growing Rhodiola rosea as a cultivated crop is essential to ensure its economic viability. Rhodiola Growers of Canada was formed to support the growers and to collaborate with them to discover efficiencies in growing, improvements in yields, development of new strains and
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The world demand for Rhodiola rosea is increasing and the supply of wild-harvested root is shrinking. Josef Brinckmann suggests that sustainable cultivation is potentially a good alternative (Brinckmann, 2021). One of the goals of Rhodiola Growers of Canada is to promote and support sustainable cultivation of this valuable medicinal herb.
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Sustainability is a hot topic these years, and it means different things to different people. According to Wikipedia, sustainability is met when the dimensions of: 1) the environment, 2) society and consumer demands, and 3) the economy or economic feasibility are in balance. This definition works well to determine the
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Rhodiola rosea is the botanical name (genus and species) for the medicinal herb that we grow. Although we have only been growing R. rosea in Canada for 15 years, we have started to climb the learning curve on how to do it correctly. We now know that different strains of
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It’s December 31; the last day of 2021. The sun rises late in the morning and hugs the southern horizon. The thermometer reads -30 degrees C (21 below zero F). Snow has covered the ground since early November and successive snows ensure that the landscape and all the projects that
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