Cara LeGault
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Monitoring Ecological Sustainability at the UBC Farm
The UBC Farm acts as a living lab for researchers working to improve sustainability in agricultural systems, and is now a key node in an international experimental network of diversified research farms. Read more about UBC Farm’s project on water sustainability and biodiversity monitoring.
Thinking small in the face of climate change
Juli Carrillo and Cara Haney are looking to some of Earth’s smallest organisms to help plants adapt to rising carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels.
LFS researchers use new agriculture technology to measure greenhouse gas emissions
LFS researchers use new agriculture technology to measure greenhouse gas emissions Researchers at the Faculty of Land and Food Systems have partnered with Orbis Mesh Technologies Inc. in an effort to further study greenhouse gas emissions using chambers on the UBC Farm. Assistant Professor Sean Smukler is the project’s supervisor. “We’re using Orbis Mesh technology […]
Investigating GHG Emissions from B.C. farms
Investigating GHG emissions from B.C. farms How can farmers manage their fields to reduce the level of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions? What role does time of year play in the rise and fall of emissions? Do common crops, such as blueberries and potatoes, emit more GHGs compared to forage fields? A team of LFS researchers, […]
Sean Smukler
Chair, Agriculture and the Environment Director of the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Profile
Maja Krzic
3M National Teaching Fellow,