Knowledge For Resilience in the Peace
The cross-commodity podcast series touches on our primary agricultural commodity players including grains, oilseeds, forage seed, forage, livestock and horticulture. Margins in agricultural businesses are often small. Adopting new farming practices can bring a costly learning curve. Having access to knowledge from researchers, experts and peers who have already walked the path of trying a new practice or technology, affords more producers the opportunity to adopt production practices they may not otherwise have implemented.
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Episodes
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
They told him that it could not be done but Wilf Hoath proved them otherwise when he started an outdoor vermicomposting operation for the town of Fort Nelson in Northern British Columbia. Listen in to hear how Wilf got started and how he keeps his worms alive in -40 degrees Celsius temperatures.
For more information visit:
https://www.nrvermicompost.ca
To get a visual of the Fort Nelson vermicomposting setup
https://youtu.be/REd1HjBCnE8
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
This episode is all about disease and insect monitoring in the Peace Region thanks to the BC Peace Pest Monitoring Project and the person who makes it happen on the ground, Keith Uloth.
For more info:
https://www.facebook.com/pestmonitoring
https://www.westernforum.org/IPMNMain.html
http://www.peaceforageseed.ca/research.html
European Skipper Info Sheet
http://www.peaceforageseed.ca/pdf/SeedHeads/SH_23_European_Skipper.pdf
Grasshopper Identification for the Peace
http://www.peaceforageseed.ca/pdf/SeedHeads/SH_12_Grasshopper_Overview.pdf
Grasshopper Thresholds and Control
http://www.peaceforageseed.ca/pdf/SeedHeads/SH_13_Hopper_Threshold_&_Control.pdf
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
This episode may provide some food for thought as we tackle some of the most common misconceptions in agriculture. Here to tackle some complex questions is Malcom Odermatt, a young, local farmer who is currently also the president of the BC Grain Producer’s Association. Malcom shares his perspectives on the perceived death of the family farm, conventional versus organic agriculture, and the use of GMO crops. Stick with us as some of the answers may surprise you – even if you are a farmer yourself. We also welcome your thoughts on the topics discussed. After all, diversity is what makes for a vibrant community both in an ecological and societal sense.
http://bcgrain.com
http://www.bcpeaceweather.com
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Friday Mar 11, 2022
The oh so mighty microbes are here to save the day!
Tim Repas with Fixed Earth Innovations is pursuing his dream of using microbial tools to overcome challenges faced by the industry. Here to tell us a bit more about how microbes could be used as a tool in Agricultural applications, is Tim Repas.
https://fixed.earth
https://fixed.earth/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/January2021-Fixed-Earth-Innovations-PFAS.pdf
https://neat.ca/neats-northern-cohort/
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Norm Ward, holistic grazing manager, owner of Range Ward and former ranch manger, discusses lessons learnt around portable fencing solutions and using adaptive grazing management to improve soil health and pasture productivity.
Range Ward and its Power Grazer fencing products center around the use and management of grazing animals in regenerative agriculture.
https://www.rangeward.ca
Forage Fact Sheet #2 Hot Tips from Electric Fencers
https://peaceforage.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/FF_2_electric_fencing.pdf
Funding for this podcast project was provided by the BC Hydo Peace Agricultural Compensation Fund
Visit the project partners:
https://peaceforage.bc.ca
http://bcgrain.com
http://www.peaceforageseed.ca/index.html
https://neat.ca/neats-northern-cohort/
Send us feedback & suggestions:
coordinator@peaceforage.bc.ca
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
A quick intro teaser to wet your appetite for the Knowledge for Resilience in the Peace Podcast. Tell us who's brain you would like to pick about farming and ranching in the Peace Region.
Reach us at coordinator@peaceforeage.bc.ca
Stay tuned for more episodes!
A Podcast for the Peace Region and Beyond
The Peace Region is rich in active producer and grower focused agricultural associations. To amalgamate our joint knowledge and foster cross-commodity collaboration towards our shared goal of building resilient and viable farming and ranching operations in the Peace Region, the Peace River Forage Association of BC (PRFA) is joining forces with the Peace Region Forage Seed Association (PRFSA), the BC Grain Producers Association and NEAT's Northern Cohort.
The project partner associations have a long standing history of bringing applied research, innovation and regionally adapted knowledge to a range of producers and growers. One limiting factor to move knowledge from research findings to farm applications, is the need for a bridge between the lab and the field. For example, if new research findings are published on reduced carbon emissions in no-till cropping systems, the information is likely first packaged in a scientific article. These articles are often locked behind paid journals and even if they are accessible, don’t make for the best bedtime reading material. Researchers on the other hand are busy proposing, implementing and analyzing their latest research, leaving little time and financial means to translate the scientific journal article into a format more easily consumable. Similarly, you may be curious about applied knowledge gathered by peers but may not have the opportunity to inquire for more details at the source. A podcast can offer a bridge between producers, specialists and researchers by packaging the information into a downloadable, on-the-go audio file.
Funding for this project has been provided by the BC Hydro Agricultural Compensation Fund.