Norfolk County’s Agricultural Innovation
Norfolk County is a biodiversity hot spot that contains productive agricultural lands, forests and wetlands.
Thanks to the pioneering efforts of organizations like ALUS, the community is tapping into nature’s ecological goods and services for the community and the planet.
Click the image to learn more about ALUS Norfolk’s recent project
Leading the way are Norfolk County farmers and rural landowners whose business goals align with the health of the county’s lands and waters.
Investments in these good and services can produce the following benefits (see image below):
Productive Land
Healthy Communities
Cleaner Water
Energy Savings and Safety
Diversity of Life
Carbon Capture
Cleaner Air
Accessing these nature-based services offer a range of solutions to the agri-business industry across the value chain, including production, processing, manufacturing, distribution and retail.
Alternative management models within the food system, such as regenerative agriculture, are being demonstrated all over North America. These include practices that take advantage of biodiversity and ecosystem services to increase climate change adaptability for crops and livestock. They also use on-farm methods such as mulching or local species as cover crops to maintain soil structure and strategic tree planting for windbreaks.
Moreover, they include managing tree cover at the landscape scale, especially along rivers, improving water provisioning, or increasing agricultural landscape heterogeneity to reduce the severity of disease outbreaks and improve pollination services.
We can help you uncover business strategies and operations to support your company’s innovation journey.
