The 2013 Alberta Soil Science Workshop was held from February 19-21 in Lethbridge, with the theme 'Futursol: A New World Order.' Over the course of three days, participants heard from keynote speakers, plenary speakers and poster sessions related to what's happening in Alberta related to soil - from agriculture to forestry to land reclamation. The Alberta Land-use Knowledge Network was pleased to record many of the sessions from ASSW 2013.
Mark Baah-Acheamfour discussed the potential of agroforesty in Alberta to act as a soil carbon sink. Comparing three agroforestry systems, grazed woodland, shelterbelts and natural hedgerow with their adjoining agricultural systems, In the first stages of his research, higher concentrations of soil carbon were found in the soil samples from agroforestry sites were found compared to adjoining agricultural soil samples.
Mark Baah-Acheamfour is a graduate student, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, His presentation was part of the 50th Alberta Soil Science Workshop.