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CAI Report - Climate Change Adaptation and On-Farm Drainage Management in Delta, BC: Current Knowledge and Practices

CAI Summary - Climate Change Adaptation and On-Farm Drainage Management in Delta, BC: Current Knowledge and Practices

CAI Report - Keyline Water Management: Field Research & Education in the Capital Region - Soil Indicators Monitoring Program

CAI Factsheet - Impacts of Tile Drain Cleaning Over One Year in Delta, British Columbia

CAI Factsheet - Predicting Soil Water Content and Number of Workable Days Under Changing Climate using DRAINMOD Model in Delta, BC

CAI Factsheet - Digital Soil Mapping of Soil Workability in Delta, BC

CAI Report - Improving On-Farm Drainage Management to Reduce the Impacts of Climate Change in Delta, BC

CAI Factsheet - Effects of Plastic Mulches on Soil Temperature

The data presented in this document aim to enhance farmers’ understanding of the changes caused when using various plastic film mulches. This will strengthen farmer awareness and decision making confidence, enabling them to use plastic films (or plastic-like films) to adapt to weather variability…

CAI Report - Modification of Radiations and Energy Balances Using Plastic Films as Soil Mulches and in Low Tunnels

CAI Factsheet - Soil Quality Test Kit: An applied tool to assess soil physical, chemical & biological health on the farm

CAI Summary - Helping Farmers Get a Jump on Growing Season with Crop Protection

CAI Factsheet - Evaluating the Use of Organic Amendments to Maintain Soil Health and Cherry Production Under Climate Change in British Columbia

CAI Report - Expanding Cherry Production in British Columbia under Climate Change

CAI Summary - Evaluating Opportunities to Expand Cherry Production

Soil assessment for urban agriculture: a Vancouver case study

Urban agriculture is becoming more prevalent in North American cities. With the rise of urban farming comes the need to evaluate the soil and the urban environment to assess potential risks of metal contamination due to pollution in urban-grown food. Community gardens and urban farms are often…

Quinoa Production in the Urban Environment

With urban agriculture becoming more prevalent in cities comes the need for health assessments of crops grown in urban environments. Many urban farms are located on “brownfields,” lots that have become contaminated with trace metals. Plants grown in brownfields can take up trace metals from…

Balancing nitrogen and phosphorus on organic vegetable farms

In the first episode of the Organic BC podcast, they discuss on-farm research trials that compared different combinations of organic amendments (composts and organic fertilizer) and their impact to crop yield, soil carbon, input costs, and residual soil nutrients. Amy Norgaard, a former Master of…

Using tarps as overwinter soil cover

In this episode of the Organic BC podcast, we'll be learning about on-farm research trials that examined the role that silage tarps can play in managing agricultural soils in the winter months in British Columbia. Raelani Kesler, Master of Soil Science student with the Sustainable Agricultural…

The Impact of Biosolids on Soil Quality and Native Grasses

Biosolids are organic amendments resulting from municipal wastewater treatment processes. They contain appreciable amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and organic matter, and are regulated to meet safe pathogen levels and metal contents. In British Columbia (BC), 38,000 dry tonnes of biosolids are…

Vancouver Soil Map

This web-based tool provides unique learning opportunities on the topics of soil formation, urban agriculture, and ecological processes within an urban setting. The tool was designed with the intention of providing greater access to valuable information on land-use opportunities within the city of…