Adopting clean practices and technologies for farm sustainability

Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, Quebec – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Farmers know the importance of keeping the land, water and air healthy to sustain their farms and livelihoods from one generation of farm family to the next. They also know that a clean environment and a strong economy go hand-in-hand.

Member of Parliament for Brome-Missisquoi, Denis Paradis, announced today, an investment of more than $1.1 million in an Eastern Townships Forest Research Trust’s (ETFRT) project to identify effective ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on farms, under the Agricultural Greenhouse Gases Program (AGGP).

The ETFRT will study the carbon storage capacity of hybrid poplar filter strips and multispecies riparian buffers, and its effects on the ecosystem, and perform knowledge and technology transfer as well. This project will provide farmers with access to cost-effective best management practices for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Source: AAFC