Agriculture

The B.C. government is investing up to $3 million in a grant program to help increase sustainable and regenerative food production in the province. 

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More than 3,500 hectares of agricultural land in B.C. would be flooded if the hydroelectric project goes through, the group warns.

This year, Kanver Brares will be tending his own fruit trees in the Similkameen Valley — a dream he has had since childhood — thanks to a budding provincial program matching new farmers with land.  

The executive director of FarmFolk CityFolk, B.C.’s largest food and agriculture non-profit organization, takes some time to answer growing questions.

Yes, say German researchers who examined the environmental cost of producing meat, dairy and vegetables in both organic and industrial agricultural systems.

Widely used herbicides are struggling to kill some weeds. Some experts think heat could be part of the problem.

On the heels of a $98-million funding commitment, Farmers for Climate Solutions has sent a recommendation to the federal government: set aside $300 million in the 2021 budget for agri-environmental spending.

Conflict forced scientists to abandon a gene bank, but not before duplicating their last remnants of essential crops in the Svalbard vault on a remote Arctic island.

More than two-thirds of the world’s fields, ranches and orchards are owned by one per cent of its farmers, according to a report released Tuesday.

LiteFarm, a farm management software developed by the University of British Columbia, aims to help organic farmers keep track of data and renew their organic certifications.

Each September, Ashala Daniel sows her fields with winter rye, hoping the seed takes root before the first snows fall. It’s a ritual that could help save the planet.

The Fraser Valley’s fertility is literally vanishing beneath farmers’ feet.

Broccoli sex is controversial. Especially organic broccoli sex. That’s because new gene editing technologies developed in the last 10 years have forced organic plant breeders, certification bodies, and farmers to re-examine techniques commonly used to breed the Lorax-like plants.

Alberta's public pension manager has lost millions after investing in smaller energy companies at a time when the entire sector is in decline, an analysis has found.