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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…
Evaluating contaminated irrigation water in BC's Lower Mainland
Foodborne pathogens can cause human illness and sometimes even result in loss of life. VTEC (Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli), Listeria (Listeria monocytogenes), and Salmonella are the major foodborne pathogens contributing to illnesses in people. Produce can become contaminated when…
Potential of Food Literacy Education for Supporting Food Systems Transformation
Global concerns surrounding ecological sustainability and social justice continue to drive discussion around food sovereignty, which can be defined as “the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to…
How short-term Grassland Set-Asides impact soil properties in the Fraser River Delta
In the Fraser River delta, Grassland set-asides are an important conservation practice that provide wildlife habitat and improves soil on agricultural land. A grassland set-aside in this region is defined as arable land that is taken out of production and seeded with a mixture of grass and legumes…
Leek Variety Trial 2018 Full Report (BC Seed Trials)
Bell Pepper Variety Trial 2018 Full Report (BC Seed Trials, CANOVI)
Orange Carrot Variety Trial 2018 Full Report (BC Seed Trials, CANOVI)
Corno di Toro Pepper Variety Trial 2018 Full Report (CANOVI)
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…