John Chater is a Ph.D. student at the University of California, Riverside with a focus on pomegranate research. He is building on the work of his grandfather, S. John Chater, who was a maintenance worker at hospital but developed a cult following among rare fruit growers in California for developing new varieties of pomegranates.
To read more about John Chater visit: UCANR Blog Read the all story published in the Los Angeles Times on December 30th, 2016 YouTube video presentation