Wednesday Night Networking - Sustainable Agriculture

WNN - Roots & Soil with Dr. Linda Gorim

Join Dr. Linda Gorim, Steve Kenyon with Greener Pastures Ranching, Tatyana Irodenko from Grey Wooded Forage Association and Amber Kenyon with Gateway Research Organization as they discuss the impact of roots on the environment around them, soil, and what it takes to make research happen.

If you want to get in on these Virtual Networking Sessions live, they are happening every second Wednesday night at 6pm MT. Register for free at www.gatewayresearchorganization.com.

For more information on Grey Wooded Forage Association check out: https://greywoodedforageassociation.com/

Check out the Gateway Research Organization YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@gatewayresearchorganization/videos

WNN - Soil Biology: Build It and They Will Come with Joel Williams

Join Joel Williams, Steve Kenyon with Greener Pastures Ranching, Greg Paranich from Grey Wooded Forage Association and Amber Kenyon with Gateway Research Organization as they discuss soil biology, amendments and the impact of products such as diatomaceous earth on soil biology.

If you want to get in on these Virtual Networking Sessions live, they are happening every second Wednesday night at 6pm MT. Register for free at www.gatewayresearchorganization.com.

WNN - Cover Crops: It’s Not All Unicorns & Rainbows with Graeme Finn

Join Graeme Finn, Steve Kenyon with Greener Pastures Ranching, and Amber Kenyon with Gateway Research Organization as they discuss cover crops and running cattle on crop land.

If you want to get in on these Virtual Networking Sessions live, they are happening every second Wednesday night at 6pm MT. Register for free at www.gatewayresearchorganization.com.

WNN - What’s In Your Genes? with Steve Campbell

Join Steve Campbell, Steve Kenyon with Greener Pastures Ranching, and Amber Kenyon with Gateway Research Organization as they discuss livestock genetics and what that might look like from a regenerative perspective. Talking about everything from the 'red solo cup cow' to Harlequin Romance bulls, this was a great conversation.

If you want to get in on these Virtual Networking Sessions live, they are happening every second Wednesday night at 6pm MT. Register for free at www.gatewayresearchorganization.com.

There was a good amount of information shared in this networking night, the books mentioned were:

• Herd Bull Fertility by James E. Drayson
• Bonsma Lectures by Jan C. Bonsma
• Factors Affecting Calf Crop - Biotechnology of Reproduction
• The Milch Cow in England by E.R Cochrane
• Grass-Fed Cattle: How to Produce and Market Natural Beef by Julius Ruechel
• Reproduction and Animal Health by Charles Walters Jr. & Gearld Fry

To contact Steve, you can find his website at http://www.tailormadecattle.com/

WNN - Grazing in Extremes with Alejandro Carrillo

Join Alejandro Carrillo, Steve Kenyon with Greener Pastures Ranching and Amber Kenyon with Gateway Research Organization as they discuss what it's like to graze in different environments. From the dry desert environment of Chihuahua, Mexico to the snow filled, cold temperatures of Alberta, Canada, these graziers discuss everything from management issues to the changes that they have seen since changing management practices.

If you want to get in on these Virtual Networking Sessions live, they are happening every second Wednesday night at 6pm MT. Register for free at www.gatewayresearchorganization.com.

WNN - Small Animals on a Large Scale with Daniel Salatin

Join Daniel Salatin with Polyface Farm, Steve Kenyon with Greener Pastures Ranching and Amber Kenyon with Gateway Research Organization as they discuss small animals, marketing ideas, grazing, how to work with people and so much more!

If you want to get in on these Virtual Networking Sessions live, they are happening every second Wednesday night at 6pm MT. Register for free at www.gatewayresearchorganization.com.

Summer Conference - The Science Behind Soil Health with Dr. Derek MacKenzie

Join us as we revisit the Organic Alberta & GRO Summer Conference with this presentation by Dr. Derek MacKenzie from the University of Alberta. In this episode Dr. MacKenzie talks about the plans for a far reaching Soil Health Database, the use of biochar for soil health and it's impacts on livestock, burning, and the compost trials that he is currently working with Gateway Research Organization on.

If you have questions, comments, or would like to be involved in beta testing the app you can contact Dr. MacKenzie at mdm7@ualberta.ca

WNN - Grazing Research in Nova Scotia & Alberta with John Duynisveld

Join John Duynisveld, Steve Kenyon with Greener Pastures Ranching and Amber Kenyon with Gateway Research Organization as they discuss two very similar grazing research projects that are on opposite sides of Canada! In this podcast we delve into everything from cell design, to grazing programs, and of course current and upcoming research.

WNN - Cravings - Additives, Substitutes & Real Food with Mark Schatzker

Join Mark Schatzker, Steve Kenyon with Greener Pastures Ranching and Amber Kenyon with Gateway Research Organization as they discuss how our farming systems interact with food quality, additives in our current food systems, and so much more!

 

WNN - Faith and Farming

For this special edition episode of Wednesday Night Networking, we invited Iris Vaisman who is Jewish, Dr. Surya Acharya who is Hindu, and Clay Conry who is Christian to speak into how faith and their work in agriculture has intersected. In this episode we delved into how faith has affected their ability to work through the inevitable hardships that come with life, what worship looks like to them and even how their faith affects the farming community as a whole.