March 29: Agriculture and Climate Change with Harmony Bjarnason (MFRE’15, BC Agriculture and Food Climate Action Initiative – Kelowna)
6:45pm, ORCH 1001 

Harmony works with the BC Agriculture & Food Climate Action Initiative on the Regional Adaptation Strategies program – a regional approach to evaluating the agriculture sector’s risks and opportunities in relation to climate change. She develops and delivers projects to support adaptation and build sector resilience in farming communities in BC. She also operates a small hops farm in Kelowna.

 

Presentation: Enhancing Agriculture’s Ability to Adapt to Climate Change

How will climate change affect agricultural operations in the Province of BC (this presentation will focus on the Fraser Valley, Delta and the Okanagan) and what do we need to do today to ensure the sector remains resilient in the coming decades? Priorities and strategies for the agriculture sector’s adaptation to hotter and drier summer conditions, extreme precipitation events, increased pest and disease pressure and increased wildfire risk will be outlined with a discussion of planning and projects (completed or underway) to address these challenges, both at the regional and farm scale.

 

All are invited! 

Gabrielle Menard  MFRE
Academic Coordinator, Graduating Projects Manager
Land and Food Systems | Master of Food and Resource Economics
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
348A-2357 Main Mall | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Cell 604 764 0305
gabrielle.menard@ubc.ca
http://mfre.landfood.ubc.ca/