Stevia First provides update on California Field Trials

In California, Stevia First Corp. announced the results generated from California stevia field trials, and to describe cropping system innovations designed to improve stevia agriculture in California.

Stevia First has succeeded in planting, cultivating, and harvesting organic stevia in California using mechanized equipment in a commercial crop production setting. This was achieved by making novel modifications to currently available farming equipment. In addition, it identified and secured stevia plants that have improved glycoside profiles and that are better suited for modern mechanized production. This success was enabled by selecting plants from several distinct stevia populations that included in total more than 50,000 individual stevia plants.

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