E7.2Pilot soil carbon sequestration and regenerative agriculture in the ALR

Parkland in Surrey’s ALR: A comprehensive plan for agriculture was developed by Upland Agricultural Consulting, in consultation with key stakeholders in the City’s agriculture community. The plan will guide and inform broader agricultural planning objectives for existing and future parks in Surrey’s ALR. The plan also aligns with Metro Vancouver’s Agriculture and Healthy Food Systems and Climate 2050 Roadmap priorities.

With funding through the Local Government Climate Action Program implementation of the plan’s recommendations are underway. This includes a regenerative farming pilot project in partnership with Kwantlen Polytech University’s Institute for Sustainable Food Systems to enhance soil productivity, ecosystem services and carbon sequestration through the use of winter cover cropping and other potential actions at the City’s largest actively farmed park (Mound Farm Park). Surrey is also actively involved in regional processes around agricultural stewardship and conservation (e.g., Fraser Delta Agricultural Stewardship Working Group, a working group to advance tree and stream protection on agricultural land in the Fraser Valley, Farmland Advantage program).