MADISON, Wis. — Irwin Goldman has spent much of his career de-beeting the beet. A horticulture professor at the University of Wisconsin-Department of Horticulture, he focuses on breeding onions, carrots and beets in his lab. Carrots and onions are just fine, he says, but beets take priority for him because he's the only person in the nation who's working on breeding the plant.
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University of Wisconsin horticulture professor Irwin Goldman cuts into a Badger Spark Beet, a precursor of the Badger Flame Beet. He created them in a greenhouse on-campus. Featuring a unique red-yellow marbling pattern, the beets were bred to keep all the vegetal goodness of the plant without the earthy flavor.Â
Irwin Goldman displays a Badger Flame Beet, which is growing in a greenhouse on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Beets are stored in a root cellar on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus as part of ongoing research efforts by Department of Horticulture professor Irwin Goldman and his students. Goldman, one of the only beet breeders in the United States, created the Badger Flame Beet that keeps all the vegetal goodness of the plant without the earthy flavor.Â
University of Wisconsin-Department of Horticulture professor Irwin Goldman works in his lab on the Madison campus. He's one of the only beet breeders in the United States. He's created the Badger Flame Beet that keeps all the vegetal goodness of the plant without the earthy flavor.Â
Irwin Goldman displays the flower of a beet plant in a greenhouse on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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