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
Workplace Safety Doesn’t Come Naturally
Lennea Durant A solid health and safety program is important for any agriculture business, but workplace safety doesn’t always come naturally. Often … Keep Reading
Organic Stories: Gabriola Food Hub
A Two-Wheeled Ride through Gabriola’s Growing Local Food Economy Hannah Roessler Graham Bradley is a busy guy. I catch him on a … Keep Reading
Meat from Here
Challenges to Localizing Meat Production Tristan Banwell Consider for a moment the complexities of the industrial meat supply chain. Livestock could be … Keep Reading
An Ode to the Farmer
Josh Brown …It was a few days ago at around 7 am when the sun peered over Fairview Mountain to kindly balance … Keep Reading
Growing the Local Food Economy in the North Okanagan
Eva-Lena Lang Growing up on a family farm in the Mabel Lake Valley, in the North Okanagan, I experienced the many rewards … Keep Reading