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Red Fife is believed to have crossed several continents and the Atlantic before arriving in Canada, where it gained a foothold on the land of David Fife, hence its name. Red Fife is the first wheat to be named in Canada and has great agricultural influence there today, as many modern varieties of wheat are genetically related to this grain. == Origin and history == Red Fife Wheat is thought to have originated in Turkey, after which it moved across the Black Sea to Ukraine where Mennonite farmers grew it. Red Fife seeds were later shipped to Glasgow, where a friend of David Fife sent a sample to Canada. Fife then grew the variety in Ontario and shared it with other farmers, calling the wheat Red Fife after its distinctive color. The Red Fife seed adapted to a great diversity of growing conditions across Canada and became the baking and milling industry standard for forty years, from the 1860s to the turn of the twentieth century. Marquis wheat was developed from crossing Red Fife with Hard Red Calcutta. Marquis took over Red Fife's place in the early 1900s and then Thatcher in the 1930s.〔Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, ''(From a single seed—Tracing the Marquis wheat success story in Canada to its roots in the Ukraine )''. Modified June 8, 2007. Retrieved November 4, 2013.〕 For most of the twentieth century, Red Fife was grown in very small quantities in plant breeders’ seed collections. Interest in growing heritage wheat grew slowly in Canada. In 1999, Onoway, Alberta farmer Kerry Smith began growing Red Fife and other historic varieties. In 2000, 2001 and 2002, the Alberta Organic Association’s Walter Walchuk and Sharon co-hosted organic heritage wheat field trials throughout Alberta. In 1998 Jennifer Scott and David Patriquin from Nova Scotia began what is now known as the Maritime Heritage Wheat Project. In 2003 in India, inspired by the Red Fife movement, Kranti Prakash took heritage wheats to the Punjab region, where the Green Revolution started in India. He continues his work with Dalit farmers in Bihar. In 2004 at the Slow Food Terra Madre and the Salone del Gusto celebration in Italy, Red Fife was featured as Canada's only product on show. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Red Fife wheat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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