Rural Routes to Climate Solutions

Mar 19 2024 50 ep. 48 mins 201

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Farm solutions = climate solutions. This podcast comes straight out of Alberta—one of Canada’s biggest agricultural and energy producers—and dives into the technology and practices that are both good for the farm and good for the climate.

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EP 78 – Everybody Wins – SoR Part 10

Mar 19 2024 71 mins

Our Stories of Regeneration tour concludes at Ottawa's Just Food Community Farm, a 150-acre testament to sustainable, small-scale agriculture, including initiatives like Chi Garden and Urban Fresh Produce. Emphasizing agroecology and land stewardship, the farm champions local food sovereignty and transforms newcomers into farmers through its Start-up Farm Program. In our series fin

EP 77 – Healthy Food, Healthy Environment – SoR Part 9

Mar 11 2024 59 mins

Facing his daughter's health issues, rancher Craig Cameron and his family turned to regenerative farming to grow the healthiest food possible for her. Craig, alongside his father-in-law Peter DenOudsten, shifted their traditional beef farm to a regenerative model. They now grow over 10 types of grass and clover, use less fertilizer, and produce some of the healthiest, most nutritio

EP 76 Partners in the Ecosystem – SoR Part Eight

Mar 04 2024 73 mins

Meet Rebecca Harbut and Mike Bomford from Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) in Richmond, BC—prime examples of such trailblazers. Now, you might wonder, how do university professors fit the description of being 'on the ground'? Well, let me tell you, KPU isn't just any university; it boasts a farm that lies at the heart of Rebecca and Mike's endeavors. Moreover, as we've touc

EP 75 From Pastures to Cheese – SoR Part Seven

Feb 22 2024 70 mins

For this very special French-language episode of the Rural Routes to Climate Solutions podcast, recorded in the late summer of 2023 during the Stories of Regeneration tour, Sara Maranda-Gauvin of Regeneration Canada talked with brothers Vincent and Simon-Pierre Bolduc of La Station: an organic farm and cheese factory in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.

EP 74 Niitsitapi Agriculture Certificate

Feb 12 2024 33 mins

You never know what Mother Nature is going to dish out, whether it is going to be the good, the bad or the ugly, so being able to observe, learn and adapt can be just as handy as mechanical skills. And now we have educational programs that blend Blackfoot ways of knowing and agriculture. In this episode of Rural Routes to Climate Solutions, we are taking a look at the Red Crow Co

EP 73 Diversity is Resiliency – SoR Part Six

Feb 04 2024 67 mins

During the growing season of 2023 as summer turned into fall, the Rural Routes to Climate Solutions podcast and Regeneration Canada were on the final leg of the Stories of Regeneration tour. After covering most of the Prairies and most of central and eastern Canada in the summer, our months-long journey came to an end in Canada’s two most western provinces around harvest time. T

EP 72 Connecting People to Place – SoR Part Five

Jan 25 2024 63 mins

2023 was a challenging year for Canadian farmers and ranchers and for humanity in general. We had droughts, wildfires, floods, an affordability crisis and a number of armed conflicts. According to scientists working with the European Union, 2023 smashed temperature records globally. And yet, someone like Nova Scotia agricultural producer Rachel Lightfoot still finds ways of being

EP 71 Sharing the Land – SoR Part Four

Dec 21 2023 78 mins

Fifth generation farmer, Rébeka Frazer-Chiasson believes strongly in the practices of regenerative agriculture. Located in Rogersville, New Brunswick, her farm Ferme Terre Partagee currently operates as a coop based on common values and objectives including peasant agroecology and food sovereignty.

EP 70 Maximizing Soil Function – SoR Part Three

Dec 15 2023 72 mins

Soil is very much alive. And hungry too. Some estimates go as far as saying that there is more life in a teaspoon of healthy soil than there are people on the planet. You just need a microscope to see the vast majority of it. Or you do what grain farmer Blake Vince did, and bury a pair of “tighty whities” (underwear) in the soil to produce proof of the existence of this vast an

EP 69 Loyal to the Soil – SoR Part Two

Dec 05 2023 73 mins

During the growing season of 2023, Rural Routes to Climate Solutions teamed up with Regeneration Canada to connect with agricultural producers across Canada who are tackling the pressing social and environmental crises through the adoption of regenerative agriculture. One such farm is Axten Farms, situated in Minton, Saskatchewan. With a steadfast commitment to growing healthy gr