Agricultural partnership
The City of Richmond, B.C., parks department was recognized with the Kwantlen Polytechnic University 2023 Community Impact Award for its support of the university’s agriculture and food systems programs.
The partnership combines hands-on learning with holistic food system awareness. It promotes urban agriculture, advancing food security and creating new opportunities for innovation.
The annual award recognizes individuals and organizations who are strong partners of KPU and make a difference in regional communities of relevance to the university.
The KPU Farm is operated by the university’s department of sustainable agriculture and is located on Richmond’s Garden City Lands. The farm grows crops on eight acres of organic farmland, and includes a solar-heated dome greenhouse, three moveable high tunnels, beetle banks for beneficial insect habitat, and an innovative approach to carbon-negative farming at the edge of a former peat bog.
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CABEF winners
Six students from across Canada are recipients of the 2023 Canadian Agri-Business Education Foundation scholarships.
The $2,500 scholarships are awarded to students entering or pursuing an agricultural or agri-food related program at a Canadian college, university or technical institution.
This year’s recipients are Sarah MacDonald from Vanderhoof, B.C., Erin Hughes from Longview, Alta., Wyatt Pavloff of Perdue, Sask., Milan Lukes from Winnipeg, Kyla Lewis from Dorchester, Ont., and Matthew Bishop from Round Hill, N.S.
Applicants were assessed on a combination of their leadership attributes and written or video response to the question “Choose one United Nations Sustainable Development goal and highlight three ways your future career in agriculture and food will contribute to it.”
More information is at info@cabef.org.
Growing season report
Cereals Canada has launched its Growing Season Progress Report, which provides updates on the 2023 prairie wheat crop.
With most wheat acres in Western Canada, the report provides information about the region to global buyers.
Throughout the growing season, Cereals Canada works with provincial departments of agriculture to provide updates on seeding, crop conditions and quality, and harvest for wheat in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.
With seeding underway across the Prairies, biweekly updates are included with the progress report.
The report can be found at cerealscanada.ca/growing-season-progress.
