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Only a small area of British Columbia is suitable for land-based agriculture. Roughly two-thirds of the total area of the province consists of mountain slopes, rocky land, and water areas. According to Canada Land Inventory characteristics, nearly 49.7% of BC’s land area has…
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Growing Organic Small Grains in South Coastal BC: Comparing Heirloom and Commercial Cultivars
Nearly 65 per cent of Canada’s 3,500 organic farms grow cereal crops, including mainly wheat and barley as well as legumes and oilseed crops. The demand for organic small grains is increasing, but one of the challenges in meeting this demand is attributed to the lower yields in organically managed…
Barley–Pea Intercropping: Growing Crops Together to Improve Land Productivity
Growing barley as the sole crop in a field has impacts on land productivity by decreasing soil carbon and nitrogen. Sustainable nitrogen management is challenging due to the increasing cost of nitrogen fertilizers, the emission of nitrous oxide, and the potential of nitrates contaminating both…