Bridging Relations Podcast
Bridging Relations Podcast
Podcast Description
Hello and Welcome to the Bridging Relations Podcast. We're bringing you stories from the first and only Indigenous-led Living Lab in Canada. This Living Lab is a collaboration of producers, scientists, and Indigenous land managers, working together to develop and test innovative solutions in real-world conditions to improve the environmental impact of current farming practices. Here we're exploring diverse perspectives, stories, and experiences, to better understand one another and to enhance agricultural practices for healthy land, water, and sky that support all of our relations now and in the future.Additionally, we delve into Indigenous-led regenerative agriculture and land management, sharing insights from Indigenous and non-Indigenous producers, consumers, scientists, land managers, community members, and youth on the prairies. Thank you for joining us, we're so glad you're here!The Bridge to Land Water Sky living lab is part of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s nationwide network of living labs, under the Agricultural Climate Solutions – Living Labs program. Each living lab brings together farmers, scientists and other partners to develop and improve on-farm solutions that will help store carbon, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address other environmental issues – such as soil health, water quality and biodiversity.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes of Indigenous regenerative agriculture, environmental sustainability, and collaborations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, with episodes covering topics like the history of farming on Mistawasis Nêhiyawak and the adoption of Beneficial Management Practices by farmers.
Hello and Welcome to the Bridging Relations Podcast. We’re bringing you stories from the first and only Indigenous-led Living Lab in Canada.
This Living Lab is a collaboration of producers, scientists, and Indigenous land managers, working together to develop and test innovative solutions in real-world conditions to improve the environmental impact of current farming practices.
Here we’re exploring diverse perspectives, stories, and experiences, to better understand one another and to enhance agricultural practices for healthy land, water, and sky that support all of our relations now and in the future.
Additionally, we delve into Indigenous-led regenerative agriculture and land management, sharing insights from Indigenous and non-Indigenous producers, consumers, scientists, land managers, community members, and youth on the prairies.
Thank you for joining us, we’re so glad you’re here!
The Bridge to Land Water Sky living lab is part of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s nationwide network of living labs, under the Agricultural Climate Solutions – Living Labs program. Each living lab brings together farmers, scientists and other partners to develop and improve on-farm solutions that will help store carbon, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address other environmental issues – such as soil health, water quality and biodiversity.
Kerry, a Saskatchewan agronomist north of Saskatoon, explains why cover crops are not just a conservation trend but a practical tool for profitability, water management, and long term soil health, from small scale observations to full field impact.
We dig into what cover crops are, how they differ from intercropping, and how keeping a living root in the soil can improve water infiltration, reduce weeds, and ease compaction. Kerry also breaks down what this looks like on farm, from companion crops like red clover to the realities of time, equipment, and return on investment.
The conversation touches on trust, skepticism, and the pressures farmers face, along with the bigger picture of building resilient systems that work with nature, not against it.
Hosted by: Michelle Brass
Produced by: Maddie Gould
Note: Audio quality varies slightly in this episode, but the conversation is well worth the listen.
The Bridge to Land Water Sky living lab is part of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s nationwide network of living labs, under the Agricultural Climate Solutions – Living Labs program. Each living lab brings together farmers, scientists and other partners to develop and improve on-farm solutions that will help store carbon, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address other environmental issues – such as soil health, water quality and biodiversity.
Hosted by: Michelle Brass
Produced by: Maddie Gould
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