Join us for an evening of cover cropping with Organic BC's Innovative Cover Cropping video series. During this online screening, watch our recently completed video series, showcasing new and diverse cover cropping practices across three regions in the province, spanning five different sectors.
Peace Region
Dive into the work of the North Peace Applied Research Association, where they explore intercropping with legumes in a cereal cash crop setting. Head to SR Farms, an organic grain farm, and discover their cover cropping practices, carefully chosen after years of experimentation. Next, witness Jackknife Creek Land and Cattle's multi-species swath grazing cover cropping practices and their positive impact on herd and soil health.
South Okanagan
Join us at the Summerland Research and Development Center, where Dr. Kirsten Hannam shares the trials in progress with a woolly thyme permanent ground cover within fruit tree production, as an alternative to common bare strip or bark mulch under-tree management. Then, peek into Kalala Organic Estate Winery’s innovative inter-alleyway chickpea cover crop trial, which serves a dual purpose as both cover crop and cash crop.
Fraser Valley/ Lower Mainland
Lastly, visit Holberg Farm, a dairy farm trialing the practice of relay cropping with Italian ryegrass within their corn silage crops, for improving soil health while providing nutritious on-farm feed for the cattle.
Q&A
Following the screening of these videos, farmers and researchers will be available to answer your questions about their specific trials or practices.
Guest Speakers
- Jed Franklin of SR Farms
- Karnail Sidhu Singh of Kalala Estate Winery
- Dr. Kirsten Hannam of AAFC Summerland Research and Development Centre
- Alex Schwichtenberg of Holberg Farm
- Joelene Nobel of Jackknife Creek Land & Cattle Co.
