Portage Online: Farms spotlight sustainability in Lake Winnipeg Basin tour
At each site, specialists joined the tour to share technical insights. At the compost site, University of Manitoba professor Dr. Mario Tenuta explained how heat from the composting process breaks down weed seeds and pathogens before the material is applied.
Graham says: “We also had speakers on the different types of irrigation equipment—Cam Cote from Intellirain in Calgary and Matthew Waldner from Cascade Manufacturing near McGregor—so the whole idea is to learn off each other.”