Today@Dal

Raj Lada was researching carrot processing techniques when a Christmas tree farmer walked into his office, clutching a photo that would change the course of his academic career – and possibly the future of the industry.

The photo showed a shipment of the farmer's balsam fir trees that had been rejected by a British Columbia retailer because they had lost almost all their needles, a common problem for tree growers.

Read full story (https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/discovery-could-revolutionize-future-of-atlantic-regions-christmas-tree-exportindustry/article37378516/)