Healthy Soils Yield Resilient Operations
Three case studies examine soil management practices in the face of climate change By Rachel Penner, BC Agriculture & Food Climate Action … Keep Reading
Farm Story: the Biodynamic Ice Break
Anna Helmer Would you mind if we talked about Biodynamic farming? There. That’s how you keep your readership small. Those of you … Keep Reading
Footnotes from the Field: Climate Change
Are We on the Brink of an Ecological Armageddon? Marjorie Harris BSc, IOIA V.O. The United Nations’ 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Report … Keep Reading
Organic Stories: UBC Farm, Vancouver, BC
Cultivating Climate Resilience in a Living Laboratory Constance Wylie Surrounded by forest and sea, the University of British Columbia is a quick … Keep Reading
Winter Work: the Mexico Myth
Anna Helmer Here’s a question I hear a lot: So, what are you going to do now that winter is here and … Keep Reading
California Programs Show How Farmers Are Key to Reversing Climate Change
Shauna MacKinnon From extreme flooding to drought and previously unheard of temperature variability, climate change is a serious matter for BC organic … Keep Reading
Ask an Expert: BC Seed Security
Scaling Up Organic Vegetable Seed Production in BC Emma Holmes, P.Ag The organic seed sector will be getting a boost through a … Keep Reading
Local Seeds for Local Food
Michael Marrapese Agriculture as we define it today has existed for roughly 12,000 years. Though the practices have been refined over millennia, … Keep Reading
Footnotes from the Field: Mother Earth is Heating Up
BC Crop Adaptation & Diversification in Climate Change Marjorie Harris BSc, IOIA V.O. P.Ag I have stood on my back porch trying … Keep Reading
GM Updates: Pulling Solutions out of Thin Air
The Dangers of Investing in the Promise of the Techno-Fix Lucy Sharratt For 20 years, the world’s biggest seed and pesticide companies … Keep Reading