Agriculture committee  There's certainly a gap in terms of personnel. For those of us who are tasked with doing the research, it's very challenging for us to do the effective research we're working on without that bridge to the producer. Where I come from in California, there is an extensive extension

Agriculture committee  At some point we might be in the same situation, or a similar situation, as California, but that's a long way off. Yes, there are practices in California that we could learn from, but I think California has a lot to learn first. They probably should look to Israel to figure out h

Agriculture committee  That would be a good place to start.

Agriculture committee  They're doing it. They're the masters of that.

Agriculture committee  It sounds like a great idea. I don't know of one.

Agriculture committee  No.

Agriculture committee  Yes, and the economics are key, but they're not actually part of what I do. I study the biophysical components of sequestration in the soil. One of the major challenges, as was mentioned, is accurately measuring the rate of sequestration. I think that's key to the economics.

Agriculture committee  I would hope so. I think that's a real opportunity for Canada as a whole to address some of its mitigation targets.

Agriculture committee  We've done some projections on local food security in the region, and the factors that we need to be considering are the way climate change is going to impact places like California and the changes in the market across.... We now live in a completely globalized food system. We

Agriculture committee  Yes. Our regional approach included the entire Lower Mainland when we did our analysis, and it's clear that we can meet many of the local needs for food. Certainly if we expand our region to places like the Peace, we can include a greater diversity of opportunities. The challenge

Agriculture committee  Yes. Thinking outside the box means thinking about the various scenarios we might be looking at. You know that climate change is a problem already in our region, but we will be facing intersecting issues in the future, such as development. In coming up with solutions, in antici

Agriculture committee  That was it. I just wanted to point out that the problems are both local and national, but we really need to be thinking internationally not only in terms of opportunities but also in terms of responsibilities.

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you all. As mentioned, I'm an assistant professor. I'm the junior chair of agriculture and environment at UBC's faculty of land and food systems. I'm an agricultural ecologist. My role here is to help farmers reduce their impact on the