Footnotes From the Field: Advancing Plant Health in the Anthropocene Epoch
Marjorie Harris BSc, IOIA V.O. CAN/GSB-32.310-2015: Amended March 2018 5.4.1 The main objective of the soil fertility and crop nutrient management program … Keep Reading
Biodynamic Farm Story: Cosmic Compost
Anna Helmer Hello and welcome once again to The Biodynamic Farming Experience for the Celestially-Challenged: a partly-formed, poorly-articulated, and over-hyphenated chronicle of … Keep Reading
Wildfire Prevention and Farm Safety
Wendy Bennett, CRSP, Executive Director, AgSafeBC It’s only been two years since one of British Columbia’s most devastating wildfire seasons. In 2017 … Keep Reading
10 Actions to Prepare for Wildfire Season
BC Agriculture & Food Climate Action Initiative The impacts of climate change include hotter and drier summers, which means that wildfires are … Keep Reading
Ask An Expert: Organic Certification Regulation
Emma Holmes As many of you are aware, new Organic Certification Regulation came into effect in BC on September 1, 2018. The … Keep Reading
Organic Stories: Sproule & Sons Farm, Oyama, BC
Sproule & Sons Farm: Past to Present Neil and Jacqui Sproule with gratitude to Marjorie Harris Garnet and Charlotte Sproule bought a … Keep Reading
Bringing Plants and Animals Together for Soil Health
Crop-Livestock Integration at Green Fire Farm DeLisa Lewis, PhD What do the North American Dust Bowl of the 1930s and the current … Keep Reading
Soil Health & Cover Crops
A Recipe for Success in Achieving Long Term Soil Conservation Saikat Kumar Basu Why Care for our Soils? Soil is an important … Keep Reading
Ask an Expert: Soil Testing
Tools for your Nutrient Management Toolkit Amy Norgaard, Dru Yates, & Emma Holmes Every year farmers align countless variables to produce healthy … Keep Reading
2019 BC Organic Conference Recap
Stacey Santos One snowy Sunday morning in Vernon, I found myself contemplating a selection of bolt guns. I listened as a panel … Keep Reading