Field Vegetables

Field Vegetables will co-develop, demonstrate and evaluate BMPs, such as precision (4R) nutrient management and winter cover cropping, that will help reduce emissions and/or increase soil carbon in BC’s field vegetable sector.

Farmers can grow a wide variety of field vegetables in British Columbia, thanks to a moderate climate, fertile soils, and access to good water. The bulk of production takes place in the Lower Mainland. Other production areas include Vancouver Island and BC’s southern Interior.  Relatively small amounts of production occur in the Kootenay, Cariboo, and northern regions of BC.

A wide variety of field vegetables are grown in British Columbia with potatoes, cole crops (such as broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, and cauliflower), sweet corn, beans, cucurbits (such as pumpkins, squash, and zucchini), lettuce, carrots, and peas being produced in relatively large quantities.

Includes: Potatoes

Who is Involved?

• BC Potato & Vegetable Growers’ Association
• Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust

What Practices are Being Developed & Researched?

• Winter cover crops
• 4R nutrient management

Resources

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  Choosing soil health measurements for large scale adoptionMay 5, 2023
  This is a recording from the BC Living Lab and the BC Agricultural Climate Action Research Network’s Agricultural Research Data Protocol Workshop that took place from February 23 to 24, 2023. This workshop was funded in part by the BC Living Lab and in part by the government of British Columbia’s CleanBC initiative. Funding for… Read more: Choosing soil health measurements for large scale adoption
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  Regenerative soils technical working group draft recommendationsMay 5, 2023
  This is a recording from the BC Living Lab and the BC Agricultural Climate Action Research Network’s Agricultural Research Data Protocol Workshop that took place from February 23 to 24, 2023. This workshop was funded in part by the BC Living Lab and in part by the government of British Columbia’s CleanBC initiative. Funding for… Read more: Regenerative soils technical working group draft recommendations
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  Challenges of scaling soil carbon data over space and timeMay 5, 2023
  This is a recording from the BC Living Lab and the BC Agricultural Climate Action Research Network’s Agricultural Research Data Protocol Workshop that took place from February 23 to 24, 2023. This workshop was funded in part by the BC Living Lab and in part by the government of British Columbia’s CleanBC initiative. Funding for… Read more: Challenges of scaling soil carbon data over space and time
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  Nutrient budgeting and farmgate and soil budget measurement methodsMay 5, 2023
  This is a recording from the BC Living Lab and the BC Agricultural Climate Action Research Network’s Agricultural Research Data Protocol Workshop that took place from February 23 to 24, 2023. This workshop was funded in part by the BC Living Lab and in part by the government of British Columbia’s CleanBC initiative. Funding for… Read more: Nutrient budgeting and farmgate and soil budget measurement methods
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  Soil microbiology analysis optionsMay 4, 2023
  This is a recording from the BC Living Lab and the BC Agricultural Climate Action Research Network’s Agricultural Research Data Protocol Workshop that took place from February 23 to 24, 2023. This workshop was funded in part by the BC Living Lab and in part by the government of British Columbia’s CleanBC initiative. Funding for… Read more: Soil microbiology analysis options
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  Economics and adoption in the BC Living LabMay 4, 2023
  This is a recording from the BC Living Lab and the BC Agricultural Climate Action Research Network’s Agricultural Research Data Protocol Workshop that took place from February 23 to 24, 2023. This workshop was funded in part by the BC Living Lab and in part by the government of British Columbia’s CleanBC initiative. Funding for… Read more: Economics and adoption in the BC Living Lab