Reading Time: < 1 minute The Business Management Skills Program is now accepting applications. “This program helps agricultural producers, new producers and processors, agri-processing industry staff, and producer groups improve their business management skills through timely training and targeted skills development,” said Stephanie Kosinski, business opportunity grant specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. The Growing Forward 2 funded program aims […] Read more
Funding available for agricultural business skills training
Business Management Skills Program will cover 75 per cent of tuition fees or the cost of hiring an instructor for a group
Rural Alberta students promote ag in Calgary
Acme high school students became teachers for a day
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
Applications open for $20,000 4-H scholarship
Four categories are available for members to enter
Reading Time: < 1 minute Senior 4-H youth members could earn a $20,000 scholarship from Leadership Excellence Awards of Distinction (L.E.A.D.). The L.E.A.D. awards recognize outstanding 4-H’ers who epitomize 4-H youth empowerment, have gained critical life skills through their 4-H experience, and who have positively impacted their community. There are four categories: community engagement & communications; environment & healthy living; […] Read more
Chase ‘Superman’ Duffy goes after the dirt
Reading Time: < 1 minute The latest Chase “Superman” Duffy graphic novel is a tribute to the International Year of Soils. The Chase Duffy series chronicles the adventures of an elementary school track-and-field athlete as he navigates his way around his grandfather’s farm in central Alberta to learn about food, agriculture, and the only ‘Made in Canada’ crop — canola. […] Read more
Canola the star in graphic novels for schoolkids
The 10th Chase Duffy book is about to hit the shelves and continue his adventures in learning about canola
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farmers at the recent Alberta Canola Producers Commission meeting were welcomed by an entourage of cartoon characters on the stage. These characters are from the Chase Duffy book series, which was launched in 2010 and is aimed at elementary students aged eight to 11. The main character in the books is Chase ‘Superman’ Duffy, a […] Read more
Multimillion-dollar gift for ag-business program
Reading Time: < 1 minute One of southern Alberta’s most prominent farm entrepreneurs has donated $5 million to establish an agribusiness program at the University of Lethbridge and Lethbridge College. Cor Van Raay and his late wife, Christine, settled in the Iron Springs area of southern Alberta in the early 1960s, purchasing a half section of cropland and later adding […] Read more
Talent trumps gender in today’s agriculture
Josie Van Lent says young women see the opportunities in agriculture and are reaching out to seize them
Reading Time: 3 minutes Josie Van Lent was “purposely naive” when she began her agriculture career more than 30 years ago. “There were times when the fact that I was female was probably less appreciated, but I was too stupid to see that,” Lakeland College’s dean of agriculture says with a laugh. “Definitely people would react to the fact […] Read more
Stan Blade chosen new agriculture dean at U of A
Reading Time: 2 minutes A veteran of Albertan agricultural research has been named the next dean of the faculty of agricultural, life and environmental sciences at the University of Alberta. Stan Blade, currently chief executive officer of Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions, will assume his new role Aug. 1, replacing John Kennelly, who will remain in the department after a […] Read more
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