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Catalogue Number: GEHL54
Producer: Good Earth Productions
Producing Agencies: Good Earth Productions
Subject: Agriculture, Canadian History, Science
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2002
Running Time: 23:10
Central Experimental Farm, ON: Historylands Season 5
This title is a part of the series HistoryLands Season 5 (13)Catalogue Number: GEHL54
Producer: Good Earth Productions
Producing Agencies: Good Earth Productions
Subject: Agriculture, Canadian History, Science
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2002
Running Time: 23:10
This is the only farm within a city in Canada but it is no ordinary working farm. The Central Experimental Farm has played a leading role in Canadian agricultural history since it was created in 1886. Scientists discovered the Marquis wheat strain, which turned the Prairies into the breadbasket of North America. They even invented frozen food. This unusual farm boasts high-tech laboratories, a century-old arboretum and gardens, and acres of experimental fields.