Agriculture provides us with food, medicine, fibre, and more.
Throughout Canada, farmers, researchers, and knowledge keepers look for the best ways to farm. Many people have already adopted practices and technologies that are transforming agriculture.
This gallery shares stories of research, innovation, and changing practices related to sustainable agriculture. The gallery will grow over the coming years to share more stories along this theme.
Gallery highlights
- Climb aboard a life-sized tractor cab — or enter an immersive, accessible cabin at ground level — to digitally drive a tractor. See if you have what it takes to efficiently plant corn in a sustainable farming operation!
- Follow carbon’s journey as it moves through the environment.
- Discover how technologies — such as GPS guidance, drones, and sensors — can help farmers grow their crops in a more sustainable way.
- Observe small and large field drainage artifacts, including a horse-pulled ditching machine from the 1890s.
- Examine an illustration that shows how human activities, including farming, can affect water quality.
- Watch a video of the mighty machines used to install drainage systems today.
Water Management
Crops depend on water to grow healthy and strong. But is it possible to have too much water in our fields?
As temperatures rise and rainfall becomes more intense, managing water has become an even more important task for farmers.
This small exhibition dives into how and why some farmers in Canada drain their fields to manage water. Explore the technologies farmers have used in the past and what they use today.
Farming for the Future
We all need to eat, and Canadian farming is a critical part of putting food on the table. But what about the impact of farming on the environment?
Pembina Fibreshed
Our clothes have a significant impact on the environment.
This photographic exhibition showcases the Pembina Fibreshed, a group in southern Manitoba working to produce textiles sustainably, from raising sheep to processing wool.
Through powerful images and quotes, explore how local farmers, artisans, and manufacturers use natural fibres and dyes to create regionally-made products.
In with Innovation!: Spotlights on new ideas for sustainable agriculture
Innovators in Canada are making agriculture more sustainable. With passion and creativity, they find new ways to do things.
Each innovator has their own story. We need this diversity of voices and ideas to tackle important problems such as soil loss, farm greenhouse gas emissions, and access to food.
Meet some of Canada's agricultural innovators! Discover how they are leading the way into a greener and more inclusive future.
Funding for this project has been provided in part by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
