Dr. Michael Bomford

Mike Bomford has taught in KPU's Sustainable Agriculture program since 2014. Before returning to BC, he spent 10 years at Kentucky State University (KSU), leading research, extension, and teaching programs related to organic agriculture, with an emphasis on small farms. He completed his PhD at West Virginia University, conducting companion planting research on a newly-certified organic farm. He grew up the son of a District Agriculturalist among the expansive grain farms of BC's Peace River region and earned degrees in plant science and agricultural pest management at UBC and SFU.

Mike is very interested in the intersection between food and energy. He has explored energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions associated with farming and food systems, and experimented with renewable energy production techniques for small farms. His teaching responsibilities at KPU include the senior series in Agroecosystem Management, and courses in Vegetable Production, Ecologically-Based Pest Management, and Agriculture and Energy. He guides a full-year series of Research courses for senior students, and teaches a graduate course in Food Systems and the Environment.

Coming to Richmond inspired Mike's recent passion for bogs and wetlands. He is trying to learn about bog ecosystems in order to help restore the bog at the Garden City Lands.