Reading Time: < 1 minute Two high school students from Acme — Monique Uittenbogerd and Maria Penner — recently became teachers for the day, educating over 100 Little Green Thumbs elementary students in Calgary about life on the farm. The Little Green Thumbs program is part of Ag for Life’s educational outreach efforts and informs 5,000 students across Alberta about […] Read more
Rural Alberta students promote ag in Calgary
Acme high school students became teachers for a day
Producers wanted for Open Farm Days
Province-wide event to be held August 22 - 23, 2015
Reading Time: < 1 minute Organizers of Alberta Open Farm Days are looking for producers to be hosts this year. More than 60 farms and ranches signed up last year, and farmers who are considering being part of this year’s event can get more information and see videos of past participants at albertafarmdays.ca. The main event is on Aug. 23 […] Read more
Door always open at Neubauer Farms
Farmer Nichole knows all the cool stuff, like what’s in your cereal and farm eggs are just like the ones in the store
Reading Time: 3 minutes This is the first year Nichole Neubauer has participated in Open Farm Days — but few producers are more experienced in explaining ag to urbanites. ‘Farmer Nichole’ has hosted more busloads of children than she can count since starting the Growing Minds Program on her and husband Mark’s mixed operation just southwest of Medicine Hat. […] Read more
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
