Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s crop-planning season and that means it’s a good time for making plans to create a wild pollinator habitat near your crops. Having a strong pollinator population can offer a benefit to crops, said Mark Wonneck, an ecologist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Calgary. Bees are an important part of both alfalfa production and […] Read more
Wild pollinators earn their keep on the farm
Wild pollinators may boost yields and help crops mature more uniformly, and also are a natural source of pest protection
Alberta farm receives national pollinator award
Grass Roots Family Farm near Ferintosh has diversified into agroforestry
Reading Time: < 1 minute Grass Roots Family Farm is the 2014 recipient of the Canadian Farmer-Rancher Pollinator Award, which recognizes the contributions farmers make towards protecting pollinators and pollinator habitats. The 250-acre farm near Ferintosh, south of Camrose, is operated by Michael, Laura and Takota Coen. The Coens have been practising sustainable farming since the late 1980s, with son […] Read more
Free ‘Native Pollinators’ booklet
Reading Time: < 1 minute AARD release – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has released a new 44-page booklet entitled Native Pollinators and Agriculture in Canada. The publication looks at the lives of important pollinators, how to protect wild pollinators, and creating and managing a pollinator habitat on a ranch or farm (such as building eco-buffers and creating nesting areas). To […] Read more
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