Registration is now open for Science in the Pub!

Jan 15, 2020

Don’t miss out on PIC’s Science in the Pub session on Monday, January 20th. The session is being held at the Shakespeare Arms Pub 35 Harvard Rd, Guelph. Doors open at 5:00 – session begins at 5:30 pm. Cost is $30.00 for general admission and $10.00 for students. Pub snacks are included in the cost of admission – cash bar. Space is limited to 40 attendees so register early.

Climate Change, and Efficient Resource Usage

Keith Currie is the current President of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, and Vice President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. He will speak to us about the facts. Consumers are looking for low-impact agriculture and, the economic drivers of agriculture aren’t going away.

Burnbrae Farms Inc. announced the official opening of its first solar-powered facility based in Oxford County October 2019. The farm is the largest solar-powered egg laying farm in Canada producing more power than it uses and sharing power with the adjoining farm. Hear how, and why they made the move!

Jacqui Laporte, Environmental Specialist, OMAFRA will walk you over the water options for your impermeable surfaces while encouraging you to re-think your rain water.

Click here to register on-line.

Source : PIC

Video: Beneficial Management Practices (BMP): Mitigating GHG Emissions on Dairy Farms | Living Labs Ontario

Soils at Guelph Executive Co-Director and Agrometerologist Claudia Wagner-Riddle collaborates with Living Labs Ontario to focus on the cropping side of a commercial dairy farm.

Claudia and her research team use BMPs like crop rotation with alfalfa, soybean, and corn to mitigate GHG emissions. Measuring nitrous oxide release on one crop with nutrient stabilizers and one without. There was a 30% decrease in emissions.

Cows have a significant contribution to the carbon footprint of milk, and Claudia’s team works with the crops they eat, using beneficial management practices in the soils to lower GHG emissions.

The Living Lab Ontario project brings together farmers, organizations, researchers, and other experts to co-develop, test, and evaluate BMPs that address climate change challenges in livestock and cropping systems