BC Living Lab: BMP Demonstration Field Days
In 2024, the BC Living Lab and partnered industry groups held field days with producers and extension professionals across BC. These events showcased the beneficial management practices that seven commodity groups have selected to trial within the Agricultural Climate Solutions (ACS) program.
Balancing Act: Climate Action in Agriculture
Climate action in agriculture is a balancing act 🌎 ⚖️
With climate change tipping the scales for agriculture, achieving resilience means both adapting to the impacts of past emissions and minimizing those of the future. And, as ACARN knows well, tackling these challenges requires a collective effort – no single group can address them alone.
Producer Perspectives on Beneficial Management Practices
In 2023, ACARN supported the BC Living Lab with the development and distribution of a survey to BC producers. The survey explored growers’ awareness of and interest in Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) and collected insights across seven major agricultural commodities.
Agricultural Data Collection Protocols Conference
We hosted this two-day conference to make progress towards defining collective approaches for measuring soil organic carbon, greenhouse gas emissions and co-benefits in BC agricultural production systems.
The workshop was designed to showcase the common research approaches that will provide a framework for the BC Living Lab and to build connections with provincial government initiatives and other aligned projects. Find all sessions below.
Greenhouse gas mitigation research summaries for BC agricultural commodities
To support the work of the BC Living Lab, ACARN conducted a scan of recent research that addresses practices to help mitigate climate change. We produced mitigation research summaries for seven production systems.
These documents provide a high-level overview of recent, primarily BC-based, published research and research in progress investigating agricultural management practices with potential to mitigate climate change.
Livestock Surface Water Risk & Forage Assessment for BC Range
Livestock Surface Water Risk & Forage Assessment for BC Range Sufficient and high-quality water is essential for sustainable livestock production on Crown Range in British Columbia. This webinar series introduced a method for assessing the climate change risks to surface water sources, and explained how to apply this process to water and range use management […]
