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Left Fields, a small 10 acre certified organic mixed farm, and Crannóg Ales, a certified organic microbrewery, are co-located on-farm near Sorrento, BC. These two businesses are fully integrated operations striving for sustainability and zero-waste. ...
Researchers at Ontario’s Vineland Research and Innovation Centre are working towards an expanded palette of plants for green roof applications and increased opportunities for incorporating native plants in green roof installations, along with traditionally used Sedum...
Three innovative rural farm families from Saskatchewan have developed a unique safety device that will improve farmyard safety for their children and other farm families. “We saw a product similar to this device in Europe, however, when we investigated the possibility...
For Roger and Marie Haynes of Neepawa, Manitoba the search for a way to heat their farm and greenhouse so they could grow food year-round led them to a unique greenhouse covering and willow plantings as a renewable crop. Willow can produce a large quantity of biomass...
Several research projects under the BC Future Forest Ecosystems Scientific Council (FFESC) are focusing on the adaptation of the forest and range management framework to climate change. “As part of a larger FFESC project, we are looking at possible ways of...
A new project launched in April 2011 at the University of Regina will study how climate change will impact the Prairies, especially the agricultural and Indigenous communities. This five-year project, funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)...
