. Agri-news. Agriculture. July 30, 1990 For immediate release L3 Alberta Agriculture Appointments NEW NURSERY CROP SPECIALIST IN BROOKS J. Mason Robertson has joined the Alberta Special Crops and Horticultural Research Center in Brooks as nursery crops specialist. Robertson joins the centre's staff from a three year post-doctoral appointment at the Agriculture Canada research station in Lacombe. As nursery crops specialist, he will do extension work with the industry as well as conduct a research program. "My research will focus primarily on cold tolerance in woody ornamentals, although t
. Agri-news. Agriculture. July 30, 1990 For immediate release L3 Alberta Agriculture Appointments NEW NURSERY CROP SPECIALIST IN BROOKS J. Mason Robertson has joined the Alberta Special Crops and Horticultural Research Center in Brooks as nursery crops specialist. Robertson joins the centre's staff from a three year post-doctoral appointment at the Agriculture Canada research station in Lacombe. As nursery crops specialist, he will do extension work with the industry as well as conduct a research program. "My research will focus primarily on cold tolerance in woody ornamentals, although this may change as the needs of the industry change," he says. Robertson's PhD and undergraduate degrees in plant biology (1982) and English and history (1976) are all from the University of Calgary. Born in Swift Current, Robertson was raised on a grain farm near Hazlet, Saskatchewan. He can be contacted in Brooks at 362-3391. NEW DISTRICT HOME ECONOMIST IN MANNING Alberta Agriculture's Manning district office welcomes Margurite Thiessen as its new district home economist. She has spent the past four years working in the area of lifeskills and infant child care. She holds a bachelor's degree in human ecology (1985) from the University of Manitoba. She was raised in the farming community of Beausejour northeast of Winnipeg. Thiesson also has a strong 4-H background. Both led her to pursue a position in rural extension. As district home economist, Thiessen is a resource person for rural families offering information and educational programs in a MARGURITE THIESSEN variety of social and economic areas from farm financial management to food and nutrition. She says she is delighted to be part of the district team and looks forward to working with farm families and rural organizations in the Manning district. She can be contacted at 836-3351. 30. AGRII Alberta Agriculture, Information Services Division. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that ma
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