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Living Lab - Atlantic Project Overview Scott Anderson Site Coordinator

What is a Living Laboratory? A Living Laboratory is an Planning/Targeting integrated approach to Validate and refine the cycle of innovation (priorities, outcomes, etc) agricultural innovation that bring farmers, Co-design scientists and other Identify the needs/outcomes – anticipate possible impediments partners together to co- develop, test and monitor Exploration/Experimentation BMPs and new Acquire new data, conduct technologies in a real life experiments, develop new knowledge context . Evaluation The result will be more Evaluate new practice or technology, practical technologies and and adjust based on producer input sustainable farming Adoption practices adopted more Take stock of the experiments and quickly by Canadian the cycle of innovation farmers. (Adapted from L’Acadie Lab) 2

Traditional Innovation Approach Knowledge Research Development Transfer

Evolution of KTT RDT Relationships Relationships & & Collaboration Collaboration Adoption / Knowledge Practice Transfer / Change Extension 4

Something was still missing….. 5

A New Approach for KTT • Living Labs – co-develop the project – co-collect the measurements – co-create the science information and conclusions – End-goal: earlier adoption of BMPs and demonstrated success by producers to their peers Steen and van Bueren, 2017 6

User Centred Approach 7

Co-Development: Key Points ❑ It is a regular and required process in an ongoing cycle of innovation. ❑ It includes organized events where all participants are focused specifically on evaluating practices or technologies and contributing ideas toward their improvement. ❑ It is user-centred, but is also collaborative: users and partners from various disciplines and backgrounds all contribute their unique perspectives toward a common goal. 8

Co-Development ❑ It complements informal or unplanned moments of reflection and conversation about potential solutions. ❑ It must be captured in a way that will enable decisions to be made. 9

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PEI Living Lab • The Team – 70 participants – AAFC, DFO, ECCC, CFIA, PMC, PEI Depts of Agriculture and Environment, academia (Dal, UNB, St. FX, 9 Ph.D. or M.Sc.), NGOs (including watershed groups), producer groups – STB Living Labs management team • 2 Living Labs sites in 2019 (PEI, MB) • Additional sites in 2020 and 2021 11

1b 1b Spatial targeting 1d Hydrology and 1d 1c Enhancing 1c 2a 2a On farm soil 1a Identification of 1a of conservation at water quality of habitat capacity / health and fertility significant carbon the field scale non-grain minimizing risks indicators and sinks plantings downstream implications 2b 2b Slow 3a 3a When and how release to construct surface fertilizers water storage C1 Living C1 Lab Clubs 3b Tile drainage 3b management C2 C2 practices Regenerative Agriculture* 3c Informed 3c C3 C3 Perennial drainage and Crops & wetland Plants* restoration C4 Water C4 Quality & C9 C9 Integration and Project Quantity* 4a Farm level 4a 4b Understanding 4b 4c 4c Estimate of management C6 C6 Spatial economic C5 C5 BMP adoption GHG reduction C8 C8 BMP policy Targeting analysis of Pollinator C7 C7 Understanding with BMPS evaluation and for max BMPS Habitat BMP uptake opportunities benefit

PEI Living Lab • Primary Objectives – test and demonstrate BMPs to enhance soil health and crop productivity • Cover crops, tillage, supplemental irrigation, soil mapping – test and demonstrate BMPs to reduce nutrients, and pesticides loadings • Modelling, precision agriculture, GHG, N decision support tool – perform socio-economic assessment of BMPs • Farm level economics and barriers/incentives to adoption – transfer knowledge and technology of BMP • On farm demonstrations 13

BMP1: Use of Fall Seeded Cover Crops following Primary Tillage 2019-20 Update Atlantic Living Laboratories Semi-Annual Meeting November 19, 2019 14

BMP 1: Cover Crops Before Potatoes • Show the benefits of fall cover crop following tillage for erosion control, soil health, soil organic matter, and yield in potatoes the following year Selection of fields (up to 8) and treatments Soil sampling for soil chemical, soil N supply, Verticillium/nematodes, soil health characteristics, compaction Record percentage ground cover Measure erosion potential (pins, splash pans) Measure impact on yield/quality of potatoes • 15

BMP2: Use of Fall Seeded Cover Crops following Potato Production 2019-20 Update Atlantic Living Laboratories Semi-Annual Meeting November 19, 2019 16

BMP 2: Cover Crops after Potatoes • Show the benefits of fall cover crop following potato harvest to reduce soil erosion, intercept soil nitrates, improve soil health. Selection of fields (up to 8) and treatments Soil sampling for soil chemical, soil N supply, soil health characteristics, soil nitrate at 3 depths Record percentage ground cover Measure erosion potential (pins, splash pans) • Supporting Activity #2 17

BMP3: Use of Full-Season Soil-Building Rotation Crops for Building Soil OM 2019-20 Update Atlantic Living Laboratories Semi-Annual Meeting November 19, 2019 18

BMP 3: Soil-Building Crops • Show the benefits of full-season, non-harvested rotation crops at improving soil organic matter, soil structure, and disease/pest pressure Selection of fields (up to 10) and treatments Soil sampling for soil chemical, soil N supply, soil health characteristics, Verticillium/nematodes, compaction Recording above ground biomass Yield/quality of potatoes the following year • Supporting Activity #2 19

BMP 4- Nurse Cropping Demonstration Trials within Potato and Corn Production Systems 2019-20 Update Atlantic Living Laboratories Semi-Annual Meeting November 19, 2019 20

BMP-5 Demonstrating Potato Productivity and Nitrogen use efficiency as affected by Supplemental Irrigation 2019-20 Update Atlantic Living Laboratories Semi-Annual Meeting November 19, 2019 21

BMP#6 - Effect of irrigation on yield, quality and economic value of existing and emerging processing potato varieties 2019-20 Update Atlantic Living Laboratories Semi-Annual Meeting November 19, 2019 22

BMP#7 - Reducing nitrogen loss through use of slow release fertilizer products 2019-20 Update Atlantic Living Laboratories Semi-Annual Meeting November 19, 2019 23

Using constructed wetland and vegetated drain ditches* to improve water quality (External BMP 8) 2019-20 Update Atlantic Living Laboratories Semi-Annual Meeting November 19, 2019 24

Assessment of the impact of land use and management practices on nitrate loading in intensive agricultural watershed 2019-20 Update Atlantic Living Laboratories Semi-Annual Meeting January 27, 2020 25

Questions??? 26