Sustainable Winegrowing BC
SWBC is an ongoing project of the BC Wine Grape Council, managing sustainability certification, as well as providing educational resources and training to help vineyards and wineries establish sustainable practices.
Sustainability…
“Regenerative Agriculture is a system of farming principles and practices that increases biodiversity, enriches soils, improves watersheds, and enhances ecosystem services. It aims to capture carbon in the soil and aboveground biomass (plants),…
Organic farming promotes the sustainable health and productivity of the ecosystem – soil, plants, animals and people. Organic foods are farmed in an environmentally sustainable and socially responsible way, focusing on soil regeneration, water…
Biodiversity (short for biological diversity) is the variety of all forms of life, found both in the ecosystems and species that occur. We can see biodiversity in the variety of different plants and animals in our communities. Biodiversity hotspots…
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The Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship Society (OSS) can help you work with wildlife on your property. Wildlife provides many benefits to farms including pollination, composting of organics to provide nutrients for crops, filtration of water and…
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Sensitive Ecosystems are ecosystems that are ecologically sensitive and or rare in the landscape. These areas also have significant biodiversity values and provide many habitat features required by threatened and endangered plant and animal…
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Climate Action Initiative for the Okanagan
The Farm Adaptation Innovator Program (FAIP) delivers funding for farm-level, applied research projects that help producers adapt to the impacts of climate change, such as hotter and drier…
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OASISS
The Okanagan And Similkameen Invasive Species Society (OASISS) has been actively participating in prevention, detection and management of invasive plants in the Okanagan-Similkameen since 1996 (this group was formerly referred to…
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From growing 95% of our food, to creating freshwater sources, to balancing our climate, to being the foundation of all life on land, soil drives our optimism for what’s possible. Did you know that building healthy soils on a global scale is…
Sustainable Winegrowing BC Vineyard Water Use Efficiency Tool
Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) Water Alert System
Climate Action Initiative resource on water storage
Caring for watercourses, wetlands and watersheds
The…
Sustainable Agriculture Certifications
Regenerative Agriculture
Organic Agriculture
Biodiversity and Agriculture
Wildlife and Agriculture
Ecosystems and Agriculture
Climate Change and Agriculture
Invasive Species Management
Soil Resources
Water Resources