54 Degrees North

28/10/2022

Check out this great episode on connections to salmon.

As part of the salmon connections and resilience series for 54 Degrees North, we reached out to a number of people who have defended salmon in some way against the myriad of threats they face. We hear about their connectedness to this critical spe...

12/10/2022

We have a new series out on the 54 Degrees North podcast about salmon connections and resilience. Check out this episode on the Skeena Estuary here, or wherever you get your podcasts :)

The Skeena River is the second largest salmon producing watershed in Canada and a critical part of it is the unique and highly productive estuary. The area deserves protection from future threats and is essential to the survival and resilience of ...

11/09/2021

It's that time of year to be filling the pantry and freezers. Check out the various opinions and advice in this podcast: "Food preservation - Digging deeper into food security" at https://www.buzzsprout.com/702466/4464779

In this episode of 54 degrees North, we hear tips and preferences for putting food away that avoids spoilage and extends local food security through the year. Interviews and insights from Shannon McPhail, Laurie Gallant, Gwininit (Yvonne Lattie),...

11/08/2021

We have a new podcast out! This explores the Healthy Watershed Initiative projects in the Skeena Region. Check it out: https://www.buzzsprout.com/702466/9012800

After a challenging year, we're exploring positive stories from the Skeena Region. In this episode of 54 degrees North, we explore the Healthy Watersheds Initiative projects taking place in this region. Learn more about the restoration economy and...

05/07/2021

We have a new podcast out! This is a follow up interview with Tea Creek Farm on how they managed their farm and training program during a pandemic. https://www.buzzsprout.com/702466/8803993-tea-creek-farm-and-training-facility

This is a follow-up episode of 54 degrees North with Jacob Beaton from Tea Creek Farms about how their training program and food sovereignty initiative managed to operate through a year in a pandemic. Thanks to regionally based Saltwater Hank for ...

19/04/2021

It's spring and the leaf miners have hatched. Check out this episode of 54 Degrees North to learn more about these critters: https://www.buzzsprout.com/702466/2121135-4-critters-in-the-crisis-insect-impacts

In this episode of 54 degrees North, we learn about bugs in the Bulkley Valley. Listen to the stories and science about insect impacts to our environment and potentially our health as a result of a warming world. Interviews with Jim Pojar, Ken Wh...

11/04/2021

A few starters growing on windowsill and kid’s art table. They usually start to take over a good portion of the house after transplanting them to bigger containers... Hopefully the garden emerges from the snow soon!

23/03/2021

Spring is coming! And that means it's a good time to start planning your garden if you haven't already :) I'm trying hard not to plant too many starters, too early.... Listen to what some food producers advise in this podcast episode - https://www.buzzsprout.com/702466/4374257-gardening-in-the-north-digging-deeper-into-food-security

In this episode of 54 degrees North, we hear tips and tricks from gardeners and harvesters in the Bulkley Valley region. Interviews with Gwininit (Yvonne Lattie), Jennifer Zyp, Shannon McPhail, Emily Bulmer, Crystal Nelligan, Mark Fisher, Felix an...

03/01/2021

Just stopped into Safeway in Smithers to buy something and was surprised at all the empty shelves! Almost no veggies other than onion and potatoes, and a bunch of dairy missing. Reminded me of Crystal Nelligan's story of how she got interested in food security in the region. https://www.buzzsprout.com/702466/4374296

In this episode of 54 degrees North, we hear origin stories of how food producers from the Bulkley Valley region got started - their motivations behind where and what they grow. Interviews with Laurie Gallant, Jacob Beaton, Crystal Nelligan and Ma...

11/12/2020

A great way to get seeds for next year - an awesome BC seed company (that includes the Po***ck tomato variety featured in our podcast) with funds going toward Shames Mountain. One of the only ways snow and gardening mix well!

Yes, we know it’s dark, cold and snowy right now. But think about how happy you’ll be in the spring if you stock up now on some awesome gardening supplies from Westcoast Seeds. More

18/11/2020

The Salmon Nation festival is featuring local food production featuring Jacob Beaton from Tea Creek Farms and Shannon and Kesia from Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition. Tune in or view the recording! https://www.facebook.com/SalmonNation/live/

Magic Canoe is a nonprofit collaborative that works to build a bioregional movement across Salmon Nation through storytelling. We are determined to do everything we can to improve social, financial and natural well-being here at home.

17/11/2020

Great to see one of our local food producers featured in this article! https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/11/16/news/tea-creek-farm-northern-bc-food-security

Jacob Beaton wouldn’t be a farmer without lettuce. Lots of lettuce.

17/10/2020

To all food producers in the Valley, take this survey!

Are you a producer/raiser/harvester/maker?
Are you interested in being part of a regional solution for food security?
Please take a few moments to read and participate in this survey, very real and tangible solutions are in the works and your input MATTERS!
Head to this link and fill out the survey to be eligible for awesome prizes
https://www.rdbn.bc.ca/departments/agriculture
If you are interested in talking more in depth about what’s happening please get in touch with me directly.

12/10/2020

So grateful for all the local producers in the Bulkley Valley on this Thanksgiving weekend! Check out this episode to learn how some of them got into farming and food production. https://www.buzzsprout.com/702466/4374296

In this episode of 54 degrees North, we hear origin stories of how food producers from the Bulkley Valley region got started - their motivations behind where and what they grow. Interviews with Laurie Gallant, Jacob Beaton, Crystal Nelligan and Ma...

10/09/2020

While there was definite relief for lack of wildfires early in the summer, the cool, wet weather certainly dragged on. These extremes are projected parts of climate change we need to adapt to.
"That puts the summer total at 239.2mm, a whopping 77.2 mm (or 48 per cent) more than the previous high water mark and fully double the normal rainfall of 119mm."
https://www.interior-news.com/news/smithers-summer-rainfall-shatters-previous-record/

The town received 239.2mm of rain from June 1 to Aug. 31, double the normal amount

31/08/2020

As gardens are harvested, there are various ways to preserve food. In this episode of 54 degrees North, we hear tips and preferences for putting food away that avoids spoilage and extends local food security through the year.

Interviews and insights from Shannon McPhail, Laurie Gallant, Gwininit (Yvonne Lattie), Jennifer Zyp, and Emily Bulmer.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/702466/4464779-food-preservation-digging-deeper-into-food-security

In this episode of 54 degrees North, we hear tips and preferences for putting food away that avoids spoilage and extends local food security through the year. Interviews and insights from Shannon McPhail, Laurie Gallant, Gwininit (Yvonne Lattie),...

16/08/2020

Here’s an early crop of the Haida potato Emily Bulmer talks about in the 54 Degrees North podcast Gardening in the North.

02/07/2020

54 Degrees North has a new podcast series focused on food security in the Bulkley Valley region. The first three of five episodes are up wherever you get your podcasts or here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/702466/4374257

In this episode of 54 degrees North, we hear tips and tricks from gardeners and harvesters in the Bulkley Valley region. Interviews with Gwininit (Yvonne Lattie), Jennifer Zyp, Shannon McPhail, Emily Bulmer, Crystal Nelligan, Mark Fisher, Felix an...

18/03/2020

Great article by the Narwhal in link to the current virus and our relationship with the natural world and climate change. These times at home are also a great opportunity to listen to podcasts :) https://thenarwhal.ca/what-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-tells-us-about-relationship-natural-world/?fbclid=IwAR3dM_lsMZ70eNmzelITu6aqIUMJjw3KTjAGNpPtFKbP9y4i5C3GsiiZCHo

COVID-19 is fundamentally a story of humanity’s ever-encroaching relationship with all other living things on this planet

27/01/2020

For the next few weeks, CICK community radio will be playing our podcast 54 Degrees North: Climate Chronicles of the Bulkley Valley on Sundays at noon. Listen in! http://www.smithersradio.com

Ever wonder how to reach the broadcast booth? How to chat with your favourite programmer? How to say, "that was a freakin' amazing song!".

02/01/2020

This has been a winter of little snow to date. In this podcast on glaciers and groundwater, we learn that the Smithers area has seen a 35 percent drop in precipitation in the winter months.

In this episode of 54 degrees North, we hear about how the climate has changed in the last 120 years in the Bulkley Valley, and hear more science and stories behind the melting glaciers and disappearing groundwater. Interviews with Vanessa Foord, ...

14/12/2019

As international leaders try to wrap up the climate conference with a plan to keep average global warming under 1.5 degrees, we've already surpassed that level of temperature change. We need to both act and adapt. Learn more in this podcast episode.

In this episode of 54 degrees North, we hear about how the climate has changed in the last 120 years in the Bulkley Valley, and hear more science and stories behind the melting glaciers and disappearing groundwater. Interviews with Vanessa Foord, ...

12/12/2019

Local podcast chronicles climate impacts in the Bulkley Valley

54 Degrees North: Climate Chronicles of the Bulkley Valley was recorded by Nikki Skuce

05/12/2019

05/12/2019

54 Degrees North is a new podcast that documents the science and stories of climate change from local residents in the Smithers region of British Columbia. From salmon to glaciers, wildfires to forest health, the episodes explore how we need to act and adapt to our warming world. Tune in here or wherever you get your podcasts.

54 degrees North documents the science and stories of climate change from local residents in the Smithers region of British Columbia. We're already facing climate impacts and are warming faster than other regions. We will need to both act and adapt. This podcast includes 6 episodes made possible ...