Reading Time: 3 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – A carbon offset program could boost adoption of regenerative farming but it can’t use cookie-cutter protocols, says the head of an Alberta organization that promotes the practice. “To try to standardize something that is fundamentally adaptive and site specific, and also based on a lot of innovation, it’s going to put a […] Read more
Revamping carbon credits could boost regenerative agriculture
Alberta organization says paying producers for actual carbon stored would boost soil health practices
Bees cannot live on canola and alfalfa alone
‘Agriculture blooms for one month a year’ and so maintaining pockets of natural food sources is critical
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cropland’s encroachment on nature threatens to starve bees and pollinators, says beekeeper Ian Steppler. “Where we find a balance within our countryside between agriculture and nature is where we find tremendous growth and prosperity,” said Steppler, a crops and cattle producer in Manitoba who has 1,500 hives and produces over 250,000 pounds of honey per […] Read more
Canada, EU agree to swine fever zoning rules
Canada and Europe have agreed to new zoning arrangements in a case of African swine fever outbreak, but it’s not clear what will actually change. The agreement, which Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced Wednesday. would allow for safe trade of swine products from disease-free zones if a case of ASF is found. Zoning principles applying […] Read more
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