Category: Soil

Brooke and friends tend compost materials at Sandown Centre

Transforming Dirt Into Soil: CBC Radio Interview with Brooke Hayes

Kayla Brent August 18, 2023 No Comments

Ph.D. candidate and EcoSoil Lab Manager, Brooke Hayes speaks with CBC Victoria’s Jason D’Souza about her ongoing research at the Sandown Centre for Regenerative Agriculture, where she is focused on understanding how…

Unearthing the Secrets of Soil: Nurturing Farms & Ecosystems on Vancouver Island

Brooke Hayes August 8, 2023 No Comments

Hello, fellow soil enthusiasts! Today, I want to delve into a topic that lies at the very core of sustainable farming and ecosystem health – soil tilth. You see, the…

Spotlight on Sandown: CHEK News Discusses Soil Health Research with Brooke

John Volpe July 18, 2023 No Comments

Ph.D. candidate Brooke Hayes speaks with Chek News reporters about her research at the Sandown Centre for Regenerative Agriculture, where she is focused on understanding how different farming practices impact…

Exploring the definitions and uses of biological compost, extracts, and teas

Brooke Hayes July 18, 2023 No Comments

Compost and its liquid derivatives offer a powerful arsenal of tools for organic and regenerative agriculture. While Wikipedia defines compost as ‘decomposed organic matter’, this blog post explores the distinctions…

Soil quality, management practices & farmer health — are they connected?

Kayla Brent July 14, 2023 No Comments

In 2022, I completed a JCURA project during the fourth year of my undergraduate degree titled, “Soil Quality, Management Practices & Farmer Health in British Columbia.” This collaborative study, conducted…

Online soil research references

John Volpe June 11, 2023 No Comments

CANADIAN SOIL MAPS & NATIONAL DATA SOIL SCIENCE ORGANIZATIONS SOIL ASSESSMENT & TESTING CANADIAN BASED SOIL SCIENCE LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS – CANADA/BC INTERNATIONAL SOIL LINKS INSTITUTES & NETWORKS…

Ecogastronomy Research Group

I and my students use quantitative analyses of food and wine production systems to reveal linkages between ecological and social sustainability, “quality”, and the primacy of place … “Ecogastronomy”

Dr. John Volpe

School of Environmental Studies
University of Victoria
V8W 2Y2
JPV Office - Turpin B156
EcoSoil Lab - Turpin B159
Sensory Lab - Turpin B161

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