Harold Perry
2006
Scholar
Harold is a potato farmer with a lovely wife and four great kids. Harold farms 5000 irrigated acres in the Taber, Alberta area with his brother Chris, father Gerald and a great crew. Potatoes are the main crop, grown for Frito Lay, McCain, and Shearers. Other crops grown on the farm are faba beans, flax, grains, silage corn, seed canola, mixed forage, cover crops.
Healthier Soils Producing Healthier Plants For Healthier people
Managing soil life and carbon is central to producing healthier plants and people while improving farm sustainability. By working with biological processes, like encouraging mycorrhizae and other microbes, building organic matter, and keeping living roots in the field, farmers can increase nutrient availability, soil porosity, water-holding capacity and long‑term carbon sequestration. Combining practices (compost + cover crops + rotation ± reduced tillage) yields far greater soil-carbon gains than single measures alone. Practical on‑farm monitoring and balanced soil chemistry support the transition.
