Topics covered climate change, crop nutrition and health, irrigation, artificial intelligence, and farm viability.
Researchers, industry leaders, government representatives, and experts wrapped up the second Atlantic Canada Sustainable Agriculture Summit at Grenfell Campus. 90 people registered for the two-day event which ended Tuesday and topics covered climate change, crop nutrition and health, irrigation, artificial intelligence, and farm viability. Dr. Mumtaz Cheema is a Professor Boreal Ecosystems and Agricultural Science, Environment & Sustainability at Grenfell Campus. He says a big focus with agriculture in this province is becoming self-sufficient and food secure as only 10-12 percent of the food we consume is produced in NL. Cheema says to achieve a level of security, farmers are the backbone of the food production chain. He says they’ve partnered with M and M Farming on the west coast with a large-scale potato production project at Junction Brook. Summit attendees also talked about how to advance climate-smart farming through collaboration, innovation, and sustainable practices.
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