Passive Solar Greenhouse Workshop
February 22nd, 2020 – Athabasca, AB
Want to learn about greenhouse growing that keeps your energy bills and carbon footprint down? Join our workshop this winter!
Agroforestry Webinar
September 26th, 2019
Join Cole Gross, PhD student and Rural Routes to Climate Solutions for a webinar discussing Cole’s study on how planting trees and mixing organic additives into soils affect greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural activities, the controls on soil carbon cycling, and the ability of the surface and deep soil to capture and store carbon.
Farmer’s Co-Op Webinar
January 9th, 2020
Ken Espheter joins us to answer all your questions about setting up a Farmer’s Co-Op in Alberta!
Agroforestry Field Day
August 29th, 2019
Trees and agriculture do mix. In fact, if managed correctly, the two can help each other out. We are hosting a field day at the University of Alberta research sites looking into the benefits of combining trees into agricultural systems both for productivity and carbon sequestration.
Perennial Grain & Inter-Cropping Field Day
August 15th, 2019
We are checking out the research sites in Lethbridge that are unlocking the secrets and benefits of inter-cropping and perennial cereal grains production.
EP21 Perennial Grain
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University of Alberta PhD candidate Erin Daly discusses the research she is conducting at the Breton Plots to determine if perennial grains could be a viable crop in Alberta that could potentially require less inputs too.
Perennial Grains Webinar
July 25th, 2019
Perennial crop production (grains, oilseeds, pulses) is an emerging field of research in North America. Some of the research on perennial cereal grain is taking place in right here in Alberta. We are giving you an opportunity to connect with one of the University of Alberta researchers.
EP20 The Brown Revolution
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Farm productivity and profitability can be maximized through understanding the relationships between soil function, organic matter, microbiology and biology. Learn more from soil microbiologist Dr. Kristine Nichols.
EP19 Monetizing Food Waste
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Estimates are 60% of food produced in Canada is thrown away. CEO of Fare Community, Aman Adatia, believes we need to look at food waste as a food surplus agricultural producers can sell to the public.
EP18 Solar Q&A
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Solar power is a proven technology, but that doesn’t mean people don’t have questions about solar still. Listen to Lakeland College’s expert panel as it answers many of the common questions on solar.
