Nitrogen Balances
Grain farmers use nitrogen balances to see how much chemical fertilizer they need to get commercial yields of their crop.... View Article
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Tilth Indicator
How can you assess the impacts of farming practices on soil structure? That is the challenge organic inspectors face at... View Article
Soil Health
Soil health is easy to say but hard to define. Let’s start with an observation. Healthy soil allows plant roots... View Article
Explore Farmer’s Market
Last post on the Bioregion News noted that things change and we would be exploring the farmer’s market here to... View Article
Youth Jobs
Youth unemployment in Canada (14-19 years of age) is almost double the general unemployment rate. Seniors have pushed young people... View Article
WATER
Water is the most important critical material needed for growing food. Orchards takes millions of gallons of water for each... View Article
Community Partners
Urban farmers need community partners to be successful. The most important community partners are landowners with small urban lots they... View Article
Urban Farmers
Young urban farmers use intensive biological practices to grow highly valued vegetables for direct sales to consumers. Under-used parcels of... View Article
Things Change
We are going to pause introducing you to organic operators in the Thompson – Okanagan. Instead, we are going to... View Article
Help the Economy
Where you buy your daily servings every week has a big impact on the Canadian economy. The numbers show only... View Article
Help the Planet
Organic farming uses beneficial farming practices to support the microbes that build healthy soil. Building healthy soil means capturing carbon... View Article
Help Yourself
Each day you help yourself with the daily servings you eat. These small decisions either build your health or help... View Article