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Saturday, January 28, 2012
The Nutrition of Your Crop
Brix testing is a method mostly used to measure sugar (or sucrose) levels in wine, honey, sugar, and fruit juice industries. Lately, accompanying the reemergence of the local organic farmer, Brix testing is now being used to asses sugar and nutrient content in vegetables.
It’s easy enough to prove the flavor quality of fresh, locally grown produce over supermarket produce. I think just about anywhere you go, unanimously, people will agree a farm stand tomato tastes MUCH better than a supermarket tomato. However, it has been difficult for the grower to quantify nutrient content in that same way. Now organic farmers are looking to Brix testing to do just that. With a relatively low cost instrument, a refractometer, a farmer can measure the sucrose levels in the crop with the accompanying nutrients. This allows the grower to test and select the best tasting and most nutrient dense crops.
OSU extension is offering a Brix testing workshop Thursday, Feb, 9th from 1:00-3:00 pm 1680 Madison Avenue, Wooster Ohio, in the Fisher Exhibit area. To register please call Danae Wolfe at 330-202-3555.
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