Resource categories:

• Soil Club

• Soil Quality

• Water Regulations

• Irrigation

Soil Club

Soil Club includes KBFA producers who share a passion for great soil. Linked below is a discussion forum where members can share soil tests, post photos, discuss experiments, ask for advice, give input to other soil lovers, and generally work together to grow nutrient-dense food.

Soil Club Forum

Membership

• Become a Soil Club Member to join the discussion.

Forum

• Get on the Discussion Forum and let's make better soil together.

Soil Quality

Soil Survey Informaion

BC Ministry of Agriculture

• SIFT draws on multiple soil surveys and other data to map soil types across BC. All the information is available in iMapBC layers.

Physical and Chemical Tests

Source

• LINK and description.

Biological Tests

Soil Foodweb Inc.

• Soil Foodweb Inc (SFI), founded by Elaine Ingham, tests soil for biological indicators of health (e.g. fungi, bacteria, protozoa, etc.) and offers recommendations to increase beneficial soil life. Ingham-trained SFI consultants Vivian Kaloxilos (Montreal) and Jo Tobias (Vancouver) are connected with KBFA.

KBFA Workshops

Source

• LINK and description.

Water Regulations

Water Licensing

Front Counter BC

• Water license applications are submitted to FLNRORD (Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development) via FrontCounter BC:

  • Surface Water​ (including streams, ponds, and diversions)

  • Existing Well (all groundwater uses)

  • New Well (all groundwater uses)

Works In and About Streams

BC Ministry of Environment

• LINK and description.

Irrigation

BC Agriculture Water Calculator

BC Ministry of Agriculture

• BC Agriculture Water Calculator can estimate your farm's annual and peak water requirements based on irrigation method, soils, crops, and climate data. Livestock watering requirements can also be estimated.

Irrigation Professionals

Irrigation Industry Association of BC (IIABC)

• The IIABC have developed best practices and guides for the irrigation industry and their membership include certified agricultural irrigation designers, schedulers, and technicians.

Water Quality Guidelines

Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME)

• The CCME have developed factsheets on acceptable levels of contaminants in potable and irrigation water supplies. These have usually been adopted by provincial environmental ministries.

Water Testing

Source

• LINK and description.