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B.C. launches Extreme Weather Preparedness for Ag program

B.C. farmers and ranchers can reduce risks from extreme weather through a new pilot program that will help improve farms’ climate change preparedness and resilience to wildfires, flooding and extreme heat.


AAFC to create nine new Living Labs

This first wave of new collaborative projects will take root in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador, including the first Indigenous-led living lab.


Is your operation ready for its close-up?

Take us to your operation and show us the ins and outs of your cropping season. Your photo could be featured on the cover of Fruit & Vegetable’s November issue.
 
 
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What is living below the surface of a cool climate vineyard?

If you stroll through a vineyard, your gaze may settle on the vines, soil surface or cover crop below. What is not discernible to the naked eye is the rich environment, teeming with a wide range of life forms that live below the surface and within these plants. The advancement of molecular tools in recent years has made this world more accessible – and affordable – to explore. » Read more...
 
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IWCA podcast series: Lana Shaw

From risky career moves and adversity in the workplace to the illness and death of a loved one, Shaw has encountered many curve balls in her life, crediting her village of supportive people to help her get through the challenges. Now, she strives to pay that kindness forward as executive director and research manager of the South East Research Farm in Redvers, Sask. » Read more...
 
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Color Atlas of Postharvest Quality of Fruits and Vegetables

The effects of time and temperature on the postharvest quality of fruits and vegetables are visually depicted in the Color Atlas of Postharvest Quality of Fruits and Vegetables. Through hundreds of vibrant color photographs, this unique resource illustrates how the appearance (e.g., color, shape, defects and injuries) of fruits and vegetables changes throughout their postharvest life and how storage temperature greatly contributes to critical quality changes.

The book’s extensive coverage describes 37 different fruits and vegetables from different groups that were stored at five specific temperatures and photographed daily after specified elapsed periods of time.

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