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2025/Climate Change/Crop Production/Grow Organic/Land Stewardship/Tools & Techniques/Winter 2025

Organic Science Cluster 4: Regenerative Climate-Resilient Organic Vegetable Project

Jessica Chiartas The Organic Science Cluster 4 (OSC4) is a national initiative aimed at advancing organic agriculture and enhancing the sustainability of Canadian agriculture through cutting-edge research and innovation. Funded by Agriculture and Agri-food Canada’s AgriScience Program and contributions from over 80 funding partners, OSC4 leverages public-private partnership to drive collaboration amongst researchers (10 universities… Keep Reading

2025/Grow Organic/Organic Community/Organic Standards/Winter 2025

IFOAM’s Organic World Congress in Taiwan

IFOAM’s Organic World Congress in Taiwan Katie Fettes In early December 2024, I joined hundreds of farmers, researchers, policymakers, and advocates at the 21st IFOAM Organic World Congress (OWC) in Taiwan. It was a week of inspiring conversations, knowledge exchange, and powerful grounding in the transformative potential of organic agriculture to address global challenges. The… Keep Reading

2025/Land Stewardship/Organic Community/Organic Standards/Winter 2025

Agroecology for Climate Project Kicks Off in Germany and India

Eva-Lena Lang In the fall of 2024, I had the privilege of accompanying University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers on a two-week field visit to Germany and India. With a focus on agroecology and organic practices, we built relationships with research partners, community organizations, farmers, and farmer communities and gained insights into how farmers can… Keep Reading

2025/Crop Production/Grow Organic/Pest Management/Tools & Techniques/Winter 2025

Organic Potato Monitoring in the Fraser Valley

David Hanam and Kelly Wang According to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, potatoes are the fifth largest primary agriculture crop in Canada. In 2023, approximately 5.8 metric tonnes of potatoes were produced across Canada, with British Columbia contributing to approximately 2%1. Since 1988, E.S. Cropconsult Ltd. has provided monitoring services to various potato growers in BC’s… Keep Reading

2025/Climate Change/Crop Production/Grow Organic/Tools & Techniques/Winter 2025

Letting Legumes Do the Heavy Lifting

BC Living Lab Sets Sights on Increasing Forage Quality Stacey Santos Nicomen Farm sprawls over 350 acres on Nicomen Island, nestled between the farming community of Deroche, BC and the fertile Fraser River. Ripe for agriculture, this region grows diverse commodities, including Nicomen Farm’s three main streams of revenue: producing grass-fed milk from 120 cows… Keep Reading

2024/Climate Change/Crop Production/Fall 2024/Grow Organic/Land Stewardship/Marketing/Organic Community/Organic Stories/Tools & Techniques

Organic Stories: Kalala Organic Estate Winery, Syilx Okanagan Territory

The Miracle Place Darcy Smith From one Kalala to another, Karnail Sidhu crossed continents and decades to bring Kalala Organic Estate Winery to life. The winery’s name honours the village in Punjab, India, where he was born. Kalala means “miracle place,” says Karnail. “My birthplace has a little legend about how it got its name.… Keep Reading

2024/Climate Change/Fall 2024/Grow Organic/Organic Community/Water Management

Post-Flood Conversations in the Fraser Valley

Chris Bodnar When parts of the province experienced catastrophic flooding in November of 2021, we witnessed an incredible mobilization of resources in the agricultural sector to navigate the disaster as well as to rebuild. At the same time, we also witnessed the unequal impact of the event on different populations. Very few Indigenous communities are… Keep Reading

2024/Fall 2024/Grow Organic/Organic Community/Organic Standards

Beyond Equivalency: The Importance of Organic Standards Governance in North America

Susanna Klassen I have a confession: I live beside an amazing organic farm, and I buy imported organic vegetables. Not all the time! My partner and I are members of our neighbour’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program (it’s the best), we grow some vegetables on our own burgeoning little farm, and we go to the… Keep Reading

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