Tag: agriculture
Fertilizer Canada On Track to Reach its Sustainability Goals by 2020
Farmers make up one-third of the global population. Together, they have the opportunity to play a major role in reducing impacts on the environment...
Industry Funding Renewed for Fertilizer Best Management Practices
The North American fertilizer industry has pledged $6 million to continue research on ways that farmers can strengthen fertilizer best management practices (BMPs) to reduce...
Hacking Chloroplast Reduces Water Use in Agricultural Crops
Scientists have reduced water evaporation from plants by manipulating a component of the chloroplast that harvests light. The research was undertaken to find a...
Future Food Sustainability
Many things in life are optional, but food isn't one of them.
That's why the findings of a new research report by the Institute for...
Farmers, Cities Team Up to Help Meet 40 Per Cent Target
The Thames River Phosphorus Reduction Collaborative (PRC) is moving into the next phase in developing practical ways to reduce the amount of phosphorus getting...
Canadian Agricultural Partnership Commits $690M Climate and Water Sustainability
Yesterday, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister, Lawrence MacAulay, announced six federal programs under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, the largest of which invests in the sector's climate and...
Sask. Water Security Agency Anticipates Below-Normal Spring Runoff
Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency (WSA) has released its preliminary spring runoff outlook for 2018.
With the dry conditions in the summer and fall of 2017,...
Alberta’s Human Footprint in Watersheds a Priority Management Issue
The Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) has released a report examining the human footprint in the province, providing insights to human activity within watersheds...
Cannabis Producer Invests in Wastewater Technology
Disposal of organic waste and on-site treatment of wastewater into public sanitary sewers can be a challenge and cost for a variety of industries—including producers...
BC Proposes Policies for Protecting Watercourses from Livestock Watering
The Government of British Columbia has released an intention document that outlines potential policies to improve water management and the protection of the environment...
