Alberta Farm & Ranch Direcotry 2011 by Lance Johnson

2011

in this edition:

the changing face of agriculture agriculture, precisely international ag work experience Alberta events calendar The Who's Who of farming, ranching, agri-business and agriculture related services

Farm Leadership Council Improving the Business of Farming

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Auxiliary Members Northern Alberta Co-operative Housing Association Peace Enery Co-operative South Alta Rural Electrification Association Limited Southern Alberta Co-operative Housing Association The Co-operators Group Limited UFA Co-operative Limited Wild Rose Agricultural Producers Wolf Farms

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CONTENTS Agricultural Societies ��4 Agriculture Fieldman �� 12 Associations �� 13 Awards & Recognition �� 14 Building Materials �� 14 Commodity Organizations �� 14 Communications �� 15 Co-operatives �� 15 Economic Development �� 17 Education & Training �� 17 Environmental Stewardship �� 25 Equipment �� 36 Events Calendar �� 46 Farmers’ Markets �� 18 Government & Agencies �� 36 Grants & Programs �� 36 Information �� 37

Livestock - Cattle �� 37 Livestock - Equine �� 39 Livestock - Other �� 40 Nature & Wildlife �� 40 Recruitment �� 40 Recycling �� 40 Regulatory �� 40 Research & Extension �� 41 Seed & Feed �� 41 Services - Agronomic �� 26 Services - Business �� 41 Services - Financial �� 41 Services - Fuel & Lubricants �� 44 Services - Legal �� 44 Special Interest �� 44 Tourism �� 44

Licences �� 37

Youth & Leadership �� 45

AdvErTiSEr’S dirECTOry ACCA Co-operative Youth Program �� 34

Fort Garry Industries Ltd. �� 60

AFSC - Agriculture Financial Services Corporation �� 28

Goldeye Centre �� 29

Alberta 4-H �� 24

Kiefer Built Trailer Sales �� 25 Metal Experts Roofing & Siding �� 32

Alberta Community & Co-operative Association ��1

Miller Thomson LLP �� 28

Alberta Credit Unions Serving Agribusiness �� 33

Neufeld Petroleum & Propane ��2

Alberta Institute of Agrologists �Inside Back Cover

Stony Plain Seed Cleaning Association Ltd. ��2

Andrukow Group Solutions & Partners �� 27

TD Canada Trust Agriculture Services �� 59

Central Alberta Rural Electrification �� 59

The Co-operators �� Back Cover

Drive Solutions Corp. ��2

The Healthy Retirement Group �� 33

Empire Metals Inc. �� 60

UFA Co-operative Ltd �� 59

Farm Leadership Council ��Inside Front Cover

Wild Rose Agricultural Producers �� 44 ~3~

�� AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES �� Acme & District Agricultural Society Box 591 Acme, AB T0M 0A0 P: 403-546-3955

Airdrie & District Agricultural Society Box 80069 Towerlane RPO Airdrie, AB T4B 2V8 P: 403-948-2290

Alberta Beach & District Agricultural Society Box 330 Alberta Beach, AB T0E 0A0 P: 780-924-3545

Alder Flats Community Agricultural Society Box 135 Alder Flats, AB T0C 0A0 P: 780-388-3318

Alix Agricultural Society Box 746 Alix, AB T0C 0B0 P: 403-747-2240

Alliance & District Agricultural Society Box 92 Alliance, AB T0B 0A0 P: 780-882-4114

Amisk Agricultural Society Box 23 Amisk, AB T0B 0B0 P: 780-856-3621

Andrew Agricultural Society Box 235 Andrew, AB T0B 0C0 P: 780-365-2171

Bashaw and District Agricultural Society Box 607 Bashaw, AB T0B 0H0 P: 780-372-3079

Anselmo Recreation & Agricultural Society Box 1192 Mayerthorpe, AB T0E 1N0 P: 780-786-2416

Ardrossan Recreation & Agricultural Society Box 119 Ardrossan, AB T8E 2A2 P: 780-910-3257

Bassano Agricultural Society Box 597 Bassano, AB T0J 0B0 P: 403-641-2484

Battle River Agricultural Society Box 272 Manning, AB T0H 2M0 P: 780-836-3509

Arrowwood Agricultural Society Box 33 Arrowwood, AB T0L 0B0 P: 403-534-2385

Ashmont & District Agricultural Society Box 23 Ashmont, AB T0A 0C0 P: 780-726-3949

Athabasca District Agricultural Society Box 1688 Athabasca, AB T9S 2B5 P: 780-675-4645

Barons & District Agricultural Society Box 98 Barons, AB T0L 0G0 P: 403-757-2129

Barrhead Exhibition Association & Agricultural Society Box 4268 Barrhead, AB T7N 1A3 P: 780-674-2284

Beaumont & District Agricultural Society 5010A - 52 Avenue Beaumont, AB T4X 1E5 P: 780-297-6900

Beaver Heritage Agricultural Society Box 147 Ryley, AB T0B 4A0 P: 780-663-3612

Beaver Meadow & District Agricultural Society RR1, Site 1, Box 24 Niton Junction, AB T0E 1S0 P: 780-795-2103

Beaverlodge & District Agricultural Society Box 303 Beaverlodge, AB T0H 0C0 P: 780-354-8785

Beiseker & District Agricultural Society Box 276 Beiseker, AB T0M 0G0 P: 403-947-2089

Message from ACCA

Another winter behind us and wow, what a winter it was! Spring is an exciting time of year. Besides all the hustle and bustle of the farm community emerging from the cold white winter, it marks a time of renewal. And as the snow melts I often reflect on how wonderful it is to live in a climate where we experience seasonal change. I certainly don’t mean to romanticize the mud and calf scours that accompany it, but change can feel both refreshing and energizing. And this leads me to the theme for this year’s edition of our wonderful directory: The Changing Face of Agriculture. Never has agriculture faced such drastic changes as it is today and it’s exciting to see how today’s innovation agricultural entrepreneurs are re-inventing what our industry will look like tomorrow. Take some time as you flip through the directory to read our featured articles. I personally found the article on the Farm Leadership Council most inspiring. Here is a co-operative that has embraced the new world of agriculture and reinvented itself to ensure it stays relevant to the latest needs of today’s leading producers. Increasing farm profitability is their mandate and knowledge and information sharing are the tools they intend to use to help producers achieve this. They are bold and they are responding to new needs while embracing new technology and the latest theories on networking and learning. Exciting stuff! And keeping with a similar education vain, Laramy Gibson’s article on international work experience opportunities puts a new spin on something as old as agriculture itself...sharing ideas. In years past we could easily look over the fence and see what our neighbour was doing. Not today! In today’s global marketplace, we need to understand what other countries are doing and how they are going about doing it. Innovation is occurring in every corner of the world and having this knowledge and understanding will help keep Canadian farmers competitive. Here’s to another exciting year of change!

Russell Wolf, Chair, ACCA

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Bellevue & District Agricultural Society Box 402 Coleman, AB T0K 0M0 P: 403-563-1085

Benalto Agricultural Society Box 76 Benalto, AB T0M 0H0 P: 403-746-3775

Bentley & District Agricultural Society Box 611 Bentley, AB T0C 0J0 P: 403-748-2336

Berry Creek Agricultural Society Box 5 Pollockville, AB T0J 2L0 P: 403-566-2350

Berwyn Agriculture Society & Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market Box 456 Berwyn, AB T0H 0E0 P: 780-338-2285

Bezanson Agricultural Society Box 189 Bezanson, AB T0H 0G0 P: 780-539-1936

Blackfalds District Agricultural Society Box 488 Blackfalds, AB T0M 0J0 P: 403-885-4775

Box 120 Buck Lake, AB T0C 0T0 P: 780-388-3855

Blackfoot Agricultural Society Box 1513 Siksika, AB T0J 3W0 P: 403-724-3662

Blackie & District Agricultural Society Box 194 Blackie, AB T0L 0J0 P: 403-684-3885

Blood Tribe Agricultural Society Box 1658 Lethbridge, AB T1J 4K3 P: 403-737-2824

Crossroads Centre 1100 Main Street E Oyen, AB T0J 2J0 P: 403-664-3622 E: oyenecho@telusplanet.net W: www.aroundsamda.com

150'x200' Multi purpose building for rent, suitable for agricultural and other activities. Barrel Racing call 403-577-0053 Hanna District 4-H Beef Achievement Day - Jun. 11 Crossroads Open Horse Show - Aug. 13 email: bigcountryag@yahoo.ca Bronc Riding - Aug. 26 email: oyenecho@telusplanet.net Texas Longhorn Sale - Nov. 5, 403-548-6684 Night in Bethlehem - Dec. 2 & 3, 403-676-2001 Crossroads Beef Congress - Feb. 25, 2012 email: bing44@netago.ca Sponsors of the Oyen & District Farmers Market

Big Valley Agricultural Society Box 7 Big Valley, AB T0J 0G0 P: 403-876-2269

Buffalo & District Agricultural Society General Delivery Buffalo, AB T0J 0K0 P: 403-379-2272

Burdett Agricultural Society P.O. Box 115 Burdett, AB T0K 0J0 P: 403-833-2340

C.O.C.O. Plowing Match & Agricultural Society Box 190 Wanham, AB T0H 3P0

Bon Accord & District Agricultural Society Box 572 Bon Accord, AB T0A 0K0 P: 780-921-2203

Cadogan Agricultural Society Box 863 Provost, AB T0B 3S0 P: 780-753-6664

Bonanza & District Agricultural Society Box 42 Bonanza, AB T0H 0K0 P: 780-864-0285

Calgary Exhibition & Stampede Box 1060 Stn. M Calgary, AB T2P 2K8 P: 800-661-1260

Bonnyville Agricultural Society Box 6767 Bonnyville, AB T9N 2H2 P: 780-826-3240

Bow Island & District Agricultural Society

Big Country Agricultural Society

Buck Lake Agricultural Society

Box 944 Bow Island, AB T0K 0G0 P: 403-833-2252

Bow Valley Agricultural Society RR5, Site 9, PO Box 2 Calgary, AB T2P 2G6 P: 403-936-2366

Bowden & District Agricultural Society Box 465 Bowden, AB T0M 0K0 P: March to October: 403-559-6316

Boyle & District Agricultural Society Box 189 Boyle, AB T0A 0M0 P: 780-689-2018

Calmar & District Agricultural Society Box 690 Calmar, AB T0C 0V0 P: 780-985-3738

Camrose Regional Exhibition 4250 Exhibition Drive Camrose, AB T4V 4Z8 P: 780-672-3640

Carbon & District Agricultural Society & Curling Club Box 305 Carbon, AB T0M 0L0 P: 403-572-3667

Cardston Agricultural Society Box 1051 Cardston, AB T0K 0K0 P: 403-653-4076

Carmangay Agricultural Society

Breton Agricultural Society Box 474 Breton, AB T0C 0P0 P: 780-696-3800

Bruce Agricultural Society Box 36 Bruce, AB T0B 0R0 P: 780-688-2284

Bruderheim Agricultural Society Box 85 Bruderheim, AB T0B 0S0 P: 780-998-5420 ~5~

Box 598 Picture Butte, AB T0K 1V0 P: 403-757-2108

Caroline & District Athletic & Agricultural Society Box 267 Caroline, AB T0M 0M0 P: 403-722-3022

Carstairs & District Agricultural Society Box 926 Carstairs, AB T0M 0N0 P: 403-946-5622

Castor & District Agricultural Society Box 1002 Castor, AB T0C 0X0 P: 403-882-7913

Central Alberta Agricultural Society Box 6116 Lacombe, AB T4L 1X5 P: 403-782-3224

Central Slave Lake Agricultural Society Box 58 Kinuso, AB T0G 1K0 P: 780-775-2684

Central Sports Garden & Hughenden Agricultural Society Box 2 Hughenden, AB T0B 2E0 P: 780-856-3934

Chauvin Agricultural Society Box 187 Chauvin, AB T0B 0V0 P: 780-858-2611

Cherry Canyon Agricultural Society Recreation Board Box 60 Bear Canyon, AB T0H 0B0 P: 780-595-3771

Cherry Grove Recreation & Agricultural Society Box 118 Cherry Grove, AB T0A 0T0 P: 780-594-3994

Chestermere Agricultural Society 201 West Chestermere Drive Chestermere, AB T1X 1B2 P: 403-272-7170

Chipman Agricultural Society Box 145 Chipman, AB T0B 0W0 P: 780-363-2302

Clairmont & District Agricultural Society 9813-100 Avenue Clairmont, AB T0H 0W1 P: 780-814-0225

Clandonald Agricultural Society Box 595 Clandonald, AB T0B 0X0 P: 780-853-2084

Cleardale Agricultural Society Box 77 Cleardale, AB T0H 3Y0 P: 780-685-3323

Clive Athletic & Agricultural Society Box 62 Clive, AB T0C 0Y0 P: 403-784-3570

Clyde & District Agricultural Society Box 250 Clyde, AB T0G 0P0 P: 780-348-5553

Daysland & District Agricultural Society Box 309 Daysland, AB T0B 1A0 P: 780-374-2128

Coaldale & District Agricultural Society Box 291 Coaldale, AB T1M 1M3 P: 403-320-8405

Cochrane & District Agricultural Society Box 897 Cochrane, AB T4C 1A9 P: 403-932 3250

Colchester & District Agricultural Society Box 3123 Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2T1 P: 780-237-7587

Cold Lake & District Agricultural Society 4608-38 Avenue Cold Lake, AB T9M 1K6 P: 780-594-0667

Debolt Agricultural Society Box 388 Debolt, AB T0H 1B0 P: 780-957-3958

Delacour Agricultural Society & Community Club Box 23 Delacour, AB T0M 0T0 P: 403-285-9463

Delburne & District Agricultural Society Box 351 Delburne, AB T0M 0V0 P: 403-749-2700

Delia & District Agricultural Society

Coronation Agricultural Society Box 911 Coronation, AB T0C 1C0 P: 403-578-2286

Box 37 Delia, AB T0J 0W0 P: 403-364-2168

Derwent & District Agricultural Society

Cottonwood-Gordon Agricultural Society RR 3, Site 11, Box 27 Innisfail, AB T4G 1T8 P: 403-224-2273

Box 176 Derwent, AB T0B 1C0 P: 780-741-2155

Dewberry & District Agricultural Society

Coutts & District Agricultural Society Box 202 Coutts, AB T0K 0N0 P: 403-344-2268

Box 35 Dewberry, AB T0B 1G0 P: 780-847-4211

Didsbury Agricultural Society

Craigend Recreation & Agricultural Society Box 1961 Lac La Biche, AB T0A 2C0 P: 780-623-2697

Cremona & District Agricultural Society Box 219 Cremona, AB T0M 0R0 P: 403-510-4521

Crossfield Agricultural Society Box 914 Crossfield, AB T0M 0S0 P: 403-837-2939

Crossroads Agricultural Society RR #4 Innisfail, AB T4G 1T9 P: 403-773-2334

Czar Agricultural Society General Delivery Czar, AB T0B 0Z0 P: 780-857-3778

Darwell & District Agricultural Society Box 99 Darwell, AB T0E 0L0 P: 780-892-3305 ~6~

Box 1723 Didsbury, AB T0M 0W0 P: 403-335-8042

Division Three Agricultural Society Box 99 Patricia, AB T0J 2K0 P: 403-378-4665

Dixonville L.I.F.E. Agricultural Society Box 133 Dixonville, AB T0H 1E0 P: 780-971-3923

Donalda & District Agricultural Society Box 248 Donalda, AB T0B 1H0 P: 403-883-2233

Drayton Valley & District Agricultural Society Box 6985 Drayton Valley, AB T7A 1S3 P: 780-542-3174

Drumheller Stampede & Agricultural Society Box 1834 Drumheller, AB T0J 0Y0 P: 403-823-9339

Duchess Agricultural Society Box 385 Duchess, AB T0J 0Z0 P: 403-378-4372

Eaglesham & District Agricultural Society Box 207 Eaglesham, AB T0H 1H0 P: 780-359-2427

Eckville Agricultural Society Box 399 Eckville, AB T0M 0X0 P: 403-746-2442

Edberg & District Agricultural Society RR 2 New Norway, AB T0B 3L0 P: 780-855-2164

Edgerton Agricultural Society Box 359 Edgerton, AB T0B 1K0 P: 780-755-2279

Elk Point & District Agricultural Society Box 156 Elk Point, AB T0A 1A0 P: 780-724-4375

Elnora & District Agricultural Society Box 515 Elnora, AB T0M 0Y0 P: 403-773-3984

Empress Bindloss Agricultural Society Box 253 Empress, AB T0J 1E0 P: 403-565-2855

Eureka River Agricultural Society Box 38 Eureka, AB T0H 1K0 P: 780-685-2403

Fairview Agricultural Society Box 1586 Fairview, AB T0H 1L0 P: 780-835-3279

Five Mile Community Agricultural Society RR 1, Site18, Box 4 Grande Prairie, AB T8V 2Z8 P: 780-532-0808

Foremost & District Agricultural Society Box 338 Foremost, AB T0K 0X0 P: 403-867-3505

Forestburg Agricultural Society Box 29 Forestburg, AB T0B 1N0 P: 780-582-3556

Fort Assiniboine & District Agricultural Society Box 360 Fort Assiniboine, AB T0G 1A0 P: 780-584-2100

Fort Macleod & District Agricultural Society Box 1183 Fort Macleod, AB T0L 0Z0 P: 403-553-4528

Fort Vermilion Agricultural Society Box 654 Fort Vermilion, AB T0H 1N0 P: 780-927-4603

Galahad & District Agricultural Society Galahad, AB T0B 1R0 P: 780-583-3741

Genesee Agricultural Society RR 1 Warburg, AB T0C 2T0

Harmon Valley Agricultural Society Box 218 Nampa, AB T0H 2R0 P: 780-322-3352

Hawk Hills Agricultural Society Box 747 Manning, AB T0H 2M0 P: 780-836-2040

Hay Lakes & District Agricultural Society Box 221 Hay Lakes, AB T0B 1W0 P: 780-672-2707

Heisler Agricultural Society

Gilby Agricultural Society RR 1 Eckville, AB T0M 0X0 P: 403-746-5506

Gleichen & District Agricultural Society Box 460 Gleichen, AB T0J 1N0 P: 403-734-0114

Glendon Agricultural Society Box 630 Glendon, AB T0A 1P0 P: 780-635-2149

Grain Community Club & Agricultural Society Box 3 Aden, AB T0K 0A0 P: 403-344-4302

Grande Prairie Regional Agricultural & Exhibition Society Box 370 Grande Prairie, AB T8V 3A5 P: 780-532-3279

Grassland Agricultural Society Box 118 Grassland, AB T0A 1V0

Grimshaw & District Agricultural Society Box 1813 Grimshaw, AB T0H 1W0 P: 780-332-4370

Grovedale Community Club Agricultural Society General Delivery Grovedale, AB T0H 1X0 P: 780-539-3983

Hanna & District Agricultural Society Box 1664 Hanna, AB T0J 1P0 P: 403-854-3504

Hardisty Agricultural Society Box 377 Hardisty, AB T0B 1V0 P: 780-888-2467 ~7~

Box 156 Heisler, AB T0B 2A0 P: 780-889-2121

High Level Agricultural Exhibition Association Box 1530 High Level, AB T0H 1Z0 P: 780-841-0690

High Prairie Agricultural Society Box 1773 High Prairie, AB T0G 1E0 P: 780-523-2359

High River Agricultural Society Box 5271 High River, AB T1V 1M4 P: 403-652-3336

Highridge & District Agricultural Society Box 3, Site 1, RR 1 Pickardville, AB T0G 1W0 P: 780-674-2274

Hill Spring Agricultural Society Box 111 Hill Spring, AB T0K 1E0 P: 403-331-8234

Hines Creek & District Agricultural Society Box 184 Hines Creek, AB T0H 2A0 P: 780-494-2837

Hobbema Recreational & Agricultural Society Box 741 Hobbema, AB T0C 1N0 P: 780-585-2273

Holden & District Agricultural Society Box 394 Holden, AB T0B 2C0 P: 780-688-3910

Hussar & District Agricultural Society Box 1 Hussar, AB T0J 1S0 P: 403-787-2495

Hylo Venice Recreation & Agricultural Society Box 28 Hylo, AB T0A 1Z0 P: 780-623-7046

Hythe & District Agricultural Society Box 271 Hythe, AB T0H 2C0 P: 780-356-2550

Innisfail & District Agricultural Society Box 6072 Innisfail, AB T4G 1S7 P: 403-227-2596

Lac Bellevue & District Recreation & Agricultural Society Box 1298 St. Paul, AB T0A 3A0 P: 780-645-3870

Irma Agricultural Society Box 294 Irma, AB T0B 2H0 P: 780-754-2057

Irricana & District Agricultural Society Box 194 Irricana, AB T0M 1B0 P: 403-935-4628

Irvine & District Agricultural Society Box 202 Irvine, AB T0J 1V0 P: 403-834-3863

Josephburg Agricultural Society 57 54569 Rg. Rd. 215 Fort Saskatchewan, AB T8L 4B9 P: 780-998-9450

KAC Agricultural Society Box 731 Kirriemuir, AB T0C 1R0 P: 403-552-3754

Killam District Agricultural Society Box 300 Killam, AB T0B 2L0 P: 780-385-3977

Kinsella Recreation & Agricultural Society Box 51 Kinsella, AB T0B 2N0 P: 780-336-2282

Kitscoty District Agricultural Society Box 203 Kitscoty, AB T0B 2P0 P: 780-846-2059

La Crete Agricultural Society Box 791 La Crete, AB T0H 2H0 P: 780-928-4447

La Glace & District Agricultural Society Box 185 La Glace, AB T0H 2J0 P: 780-568-4774

Box 64 Lougheed, AB T0B 2V0 P: 780-386-2450

M.T.M. Agricultural Society

Lac La Biche Agricultural Society Box 695 Lac La Biche, AB T0A 2C0 P: 780-623-7888

Box 3 Tiger Lily, AB T0G 2G0 P: 780-785-3194

Madden & District Agricultural Society General Delivery Madden, AB T0M 1L0 P: 403-946-5342

Innisfree & District Agricultural Society Box 227 Innisfree, AB T0B 2G0 P: 780-592-2083

Lougheed Agricultural Society

Magrath & District Agricultural Society Lakedell Agricultural Society Box 166, RR #2 Westerose, AB T0C 2V0 P: 780-586-2505 W: www.lakedell.org E: lakedellag@xplornet.com

35th Annual Country Fair - Sept. 3, 2011 Hall, Heated Indoor Arena & 2 Outdoor Arenas

Lamont & District Agricultural Society Box 943 Lamont, AB T0B 2R0 P: 780-796-2108

Box 508 Magrath, AB T0K 1J0 P: 403-758-3664

Mallaig & District Agricultural Society & Recreation Association Box 69 Mallaig, AB T0A 2K0 P: 780-635-0002

Mannville & District Agricultural Society Box 180 Mannville, AB T0B 2W0 P: 780-853-0494

Marwayne Agricultural Society

Lethbridge Exhibition Park 3401 Parkside Drive South Lethbridge, AB T1J 4R3 P: 403-317-3213

Linaria & District Agricultural Society RR 1 Westlock, AB T7P 2N9 P: 780-349-2540

Box 507 Marwayne, AB T0B 2X0 P: 780-847-3298

Mayerthorpe & District Agricultural Society Box 975 Mayerthorpe, AB T0E 1N0 P: 780-648-2144

Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede Co. Ltd.

Linden & District Agricultural Society Box 483 Linden, AB T0M 1J0 P: 403-546-0088

Box 1298 Medicine Hat, AB T1A 7N1 P: 403-527-1234

Metiskow & District Agricultural Society

Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association Box 690, 5521-49 Ave Lloydminster, SK S9V 0Y7 P: 306-825-5571

Lomond Community Centre Agricultual Society

Box 29 Metiskow, AB T0B 3A0 P: 780-753-6623

Mid-Rivers Agricultural Society Box 111 Hill Spring, AB T0K 1E0 P: 403-331-8234

Milk River & District Agricultural Society Box 577 Milk River, AB T0K 1M0 P: 403-647-2331

Box 264 Lomond, AB T0L 1G0 P: 403-792-3633

Lone Pine Agricultural Society

Millarville Racing & Agricultural Society Box 68 Millarville, AB T0L 1K0 P: 403-931-3411

RR 2, Site 4, PO Box 10 Didsbury, AB T0M 0W0 P: 403-337-9121 ~8~

Millet & District Recreational & Agricultural Society Box 714 Millet, AB T0C 1Z0 P: 780-352-5578

Milo & Distict Agricultural Society Box 156 Milo, AB T0L 1L0 P: 403-599-2306

Minburn & District Agricultural Society Box 111 Minburn, AB T0B 3B0 P: 780-593-3758

Morinville & District Agricultural Society Box 3186 Morinville, AB T8R 1E5 P: 780-939-6163

Morrin & District Agricultural Society Box 123 Morrin, AB T0J 2B0 P: 403-772-3851

Mundare & District Agricultural Society Box 362 Mundare, AB T0B 3H0 P: 780-764-3022

Myrnam & District Agricultural Society Box 62 Myrnam, AB T0B 3K0 P: 780-366-3894

Namao Community Agricultural Society Box 18 Namao, AB T0A 2N0 P: 780-973-5678

Nampa & District Agricultural Society Box 254 Nampa, AB T0H 2R0 P: 780-322-3808

Nanton Agricultural Society Box 151 Nanton, AB T0L 1R0 P: 403-646-2344

Neutral Hills Agricultural Society Box 633 Consort, AB T0C 1B0 P: 403-577-2710

New Sarepta & District Agricultural Society Box 212 New Sarepta, AB T0B 3M0 P: 780-941-3730

Newbrook Agricultural & Recreational Society Box 209 Newbrook, AB T0A 2P0 P: 780-576-3747

Nobleford Agricultural Society Box 154 Nobleford, AB T0L 1S0 P: 403-824-3001

Progressive Agricultural Community Organization Box 159 Fawcett, AB T0G 0Y0 P: 780-954-3878

Northlands Box 1480 Edmonton, AB T5J 2N5 P: 888-800-7275

Provost & District Agricultural Society

Okotoks Agricultural Society RR 2, Site 2, PO Box 1 Okotoks, AB T1S 1A2 P: 403-938-3256

Box 106 Provost, AB T0B 3S0 P: 780-753-6609

Radway Agricultural Society

Olds Agricultural Society Box 3751 Olds, AB T4H 1P5 P: 403-556-3770

Box 72 Radway, AB T0A 2V0 P: 780-736-3766

Ranfurly & District Agricultural Society

Paradise Valley & District Agricultural Society Box 65 Paradise Valley, AB T0B 3R0 P: 780-745-2283

Peace River Agricultural Society Box 6432 Peace River, AB T8S 1S3 P: 780-624-8846

Box 162 Ranfurly, AB T0B 3T0 P: 780-658-2107

Raymond Agricultural Society Box 1447 Raymond, AB T0K 2S0 P: 403-752-3661

Red Willow Agricultural Society

Peers & District Cultural & Agricultural Society Box 91 Peers, AB T0E 1W0 P: 780-693-2458

Box 574 Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 P: 403-742-4441

Redwater & District Agricultural Society

Pembina Agricultural & Recreational Society Box 173 Evansburg, AB T0E 0T0 P: 780-727-4340

Box 365 Redwater, AB T0A 2W0 P: 780-942-3023

Rich Lake Recreation & Agricultural Society

Pibroch & District Agricultural Society Box 5599 Westlock, AB T7P 2P5 P: 780-349-6359

Box 40, Site 5 Rich Lake, AB T0A 2Z0 P: 780-623-7981

Rich Valley Agricultural Society

Picture Butte & District Agricultural Society PO Box 713 Picture Butte, AB T0K 1V0 P: 403-732-4776

Pincher Creek & District Agricultural Society Box 326 Pincher Creek, AB T0K 1W0 P: 403-627-4702

Pioneer Agricultural Society Box 148 Warburg, AB T0C 2T0 P: 780-848-2841

Plamondon & District Agricultural Society Box 226 Plamondon, AB T0A 2T0 P: 780-798-2815

Ponoka Agricultural Society Box 4043 Ponoka, AB T4J 1R5 P: 403-783-6518 ~9~

RR 1 Gunn, AB T0E 1A0 P: 780-967-2610

Rimbey Agricultural Society Box 1173 Rimbey, AB T0C 2J0 P: 403-843-2929

Riviere Qui Barre Agricultural Society Box 86 Riviere Qui Barre, AB T8R 1P5 P: 780-939-2214

Rochester & District Agricultural Society Box 226 Rochester, AB T0G 1Z0 P: 780-698-2433

Rocky Lane Agricultural Society Box 582 Fort Vermilion, AB T0H 1N0 P: 780-927-4562

Rocky Mountain House Agricultural Society Box 1021 Rocky Mountain House, AB T4T 1AT P: 403-845-7743

Rockyford Agricultural Society Rockyford, AB T0J 2R0 P: 403-533-3950

Rolling Hills Agricultural Society Box 28 Rolling Hills, AB T0J 2S0 P: 403-964-3675

Rosalind Agricultural Society Box 32 Rosalind, AB T0B 3Y0 P: 780-375-2235

Rosemary Agricultural Society Box 62 Rosemary, AB T0J 2W0 P: 403-378-4934

Round Hill & District Agricultural Society Box 83 Round Hill, AB T0B 3Z0 P: 780-672-6271

Rumsey & District Agricultural Society Box 120 Rumsey, AB T0J 2Y0 P: 403-368-3740

Rycroft Agricultural Society Box 478 Rycroft, AB T0H 3A0 P: 780-765-2474

Sangudo and District Agricultural Society Box 477 Sangudo, AB T0E 2A0 P: 780-785-3535

Saskatoon Lake Agricultural Society Box 488 Wembley, AB T0H 3S0 P: 780-766-3118

Savanna Agricultural Society Box 8, Site 7, RR1 Spirit River, AB T0H 3G0 P: 780-351-2269

Sedgewick & District Agricultural Society Box 8 Sedgewick, AB T0B 4C0 P: 780-384-2128

Sexsmith & District Agricultural Society Box 209 Sexsmith, AB T0H 3C0 P: 780-568-3000

Silver Creek Agricultural Society Box 22 New Norway, AB T0B 3L0 P: 780-855-2390

Silver Sage Agricultural Society Box 1092 Brooks, AB T1R 1B9 P: 403-362-2262

Standard & District Agricultural Society Box 208 Standard, AB T0J 3G0 P: 403-644-3850

Smith & Hondo Agricultural Society Box 180 Smith, AB T0G 2B0 P: 780-829-3922

Stavely & District Agricultural Society Box 115 Stavely, AB T0L 1Z0 P: 403-549-3790

Smoky Lake Agricultural Society Box 571 Smoky Lake, AB T0A 3C0 P: 780-656-2165

Smoky River Agricultural Society Box 221 Donnelly, AB T0H 1G0 P: 780-837-2221

South East Alberta Agricultural Society Box 81 Orion, AB T0K 1S0 P: 403-868-2407

Spirit River & District Agricultural Society Box 927, 4309 44 av Spirit River, AB T0H 3G0 P: 780-864-4426

Spondin & District Agricultural Society Box 493 Hanna, AB T0J 1P0 P: 403-854-2672

Springbank Park For All Seasons Agricultural Society 32224A Springbank Road Calgary, AB T3Z 2L9 P: 403-242-2223

Spruce Grove & District Agricultural Society Box 3012 Spruce Grove, AB T7X 3A4 P: 780-962-4192

Spruce View & District Agricultural Society Box 62 Spruceview, AB T0M 1V0 P: 403-728-3403

St. Lina & District Community & Agricultural Society Box 16 St. Lina, AB T0A 2Z0 P: 780-635-2414

St. Michael Community & District Agricultural Society Box 162 St. Michael, AB T0B 4B0 P: 780-896-3787

St. Paul Agricultural Society Box 1203 St. Paul, AB T0A 3A0 P: 780-645-4373 ~ 10 ~

Stettler District Agricultural Society Box 257 Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 P: 403-742-6288

Strathmore & District Agricultural Society 122 Brent Blvd, Box 2085 Strathmore, AB T1P 1K1 P: 403-934-5811

Strome & District Agricultural Society Box 171 Strome, AB T0B 4H0 P: 780-374-2295

Sturgeon River Agricultural Society Box 392 Gibbons, AB T0A 1N0 P: 780-923-3331

Sullivan Lake West Agricultural Society Box 58 Byemoor, AB T0J 0L0 P: 403-579-3747

Sundre Agricultural Society Box 935 Sundre, AB T0M 1X0 P: 403-638-2133

Taber Exhibition Association Agricultural Society 6602 - 53 Street Taber, AB T1G 2A2 P: 403-223-9539

Tees Agricultural Society Box 88 Tees, AB T0C 2N0 P: 403-747-2928

Thorhild & District Agricultural Society Box 496 Thorhild, AB T0A 3J0 P: 780-398-3565

Thorsby Agricultural Society Box 16 Thorsby, AB T0C 2P0 P: 780-789-3829

Three Hills & District Agricultural Society Box 926 Three Hills, AB T0M 2A0 P: 403-443-7788

Tilley & District Agricultural Society Box 173 Tilley, AB T0J 3K0 P: 403-377-2008

Tofield Agricultural Society Box 273 Tofield, AB T0B 4J0 P: 403-662-3269

Tomahawk & District Sports Agricultural Society Box 208 Tomahawk, AB T0E 2H0 P: 780-339-3747

Torrington & District Agricultural Society Box 77 Torrington, AB T0M 2B0 P: 403-631-2163

Trochu & District Agricultural Society Box 543 Trochu, AB T0M 2C0 P: 403-304-0059

Tulliby Lake & District Agricultural Society Box 49 Tulliby Lake, AB T0A 3K0 P: 780-847-2666

Two Hills & District Agricultural Society Box 117 Two Hills, AB T0B 4K0 P: 780-657-3542

Usona Agricultural Society Site 6, RR 1, Box 2 Wetaskiwin, AB T9A 1W8 P: 403-783-6900

Valleyview & District Agricultural Society Box 1226 Valleyview, AB T0H 3N0 P: 780-524-3473

Vauxhall Agricultural Society Box 690 Vauxhall, AB T0K 2K0 P: 403-654-2174

Vegreville Agricultural Society 4753 45 Avenue Vegreville, AB T9C 1L1 P: 888-611-0161

Victoria Trail Agricultural Society Box 6 Waskatenau, AB T0A 3P0 P: 780-358-2597

Viking & District Agricultural Society Box 1009 Viking, AB T0B 4N0 P: 780-336-4034

Wetaskiwin Agricultural Society

Vilna and District Agricultural Society Box 440 Vilna, AB T0A 3L0 P: 780-636-2799

Vulcan & District Agricultural Society Box 926 Vulcan, AB T0L 2B0 P: 403-485-6179

Vermilion Agricultural Society Box 3565 Vermilion, AB T9X 2B5 P: 780-853-4108

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Whitecourt & District Agricultural Society

Wainwright Frontier & Exhibition Agricultural Society 1401 - 1st Avenue Wainwright, AB T9W 1L1 P: 780-842-2906

Wandering River Agricultural Society Box 9 Wandering River, AB T0A 3M0 P: 780-771-3928

Box 1183 Whitecourt, AB T7S 1P1 P: 780-779-4343

Whitelaw Agricultural Society Box 118 Whitelaw, AB T0H 3T0 P: 780-835-4903

Wildwood & District Agricultural Society Box 669 Wildwood, AB T0E 2M0 P: 780-325-2517

Warner & District Agricultural Society Box 431 Warner, AB T0K 2L0 P: 403-642-3808

Wembley & District Agricultural Society Box 238 Wembley, AB T0H 3S0 P: 780-766-2251

Willingdon & District Agricultural Society Box 204 Willingdon, AB T0B 4R0 P: 780-367-2383

Willow Creek Agricultural Society Box 1401 Claresholm, AB T0L 0T0 P: 403-625-2410

Willow Prairie Agricultural Society

Westerner Park

Box 4895 Bonnyville, AB T9V 0H3 P: 780-826-3711

4847A-19th Street Red Deer, AB T4R 2N7 P: 403-343-7800

Westlock & District Agricultural Society

Winfield & District Agricultural Society Box 131 Winfield, AB T0C 2X0 P: 780-682-2258

Box 5729 Westlock, AB T7P 2P6 P: 780-349-8888

Westwoods Recreation & Agricultural Society Box 83 Gadsby, AB T0C 1K0 P: 403-883-2717

Worsley & District Agricultural Society Box 35 Worsley, AB T0H 3W0 P: 780-685-2444

An Alberta Vacation

Verdant Valley Agricultural Society Box 952 Drumheller, AB T0J 0Y0 P: 403-823-6300

Box 6304 Wetaskiwin, AB T9A 2G1 P: 780-352-2780 E: wetagsoc@xplornet.com W: www.wetaskiwinag.com

When planning your next vacation consider that Alberta is home to very scenic and historical locations. These include the badlands of Drumheller, The Cyprus Hills, The Frank Slide, Banff and Jasper national parks, beautiful Peace country in Northern Alberta, and of course the famous sausage of Mundare. These are just a few attractions. Check out more at: www.travelalberta.com

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Yellowhead Agricultural Society Box 5138 Edson, AB T7E 1T4 P: 780-723-2038

Kneehill, M.D. 48 - Bruce Sommerville P: 403-443-5541

P: 403-734-5240

Lac La Biche County - Doug Richardson P: 780-623-4468

�� AGRICULTURE FIELDMAN ��

Lac Ste Anne County - Geoff Thompson

Acadia, M.D. 34 - Rick Niwa

Lacombe County - Dion Burlock

P: 403-972-3808

Athabasca, County 12 - Ron Jackson P: 780-675-2273

Barrhead, County 11 - Marilyn Flock P: 780-674-3331

Beaver, County 9 - Martin Baert P: 780-663-3730

Big Lakes County - Gary Braithwaite P: 780-523-5955

Bighorn, M.D. - Dwight Tannas P: 403-673-3611

Birch Hills County - Warren Sekulic P: 780-694-3793

Bonnyville, M.D. 87 - Matt Janz P: 780-826-3951

Brazeau County - Conny Kappler P: 780-542-7777

Camrose, County 22 - Paul King P: 780-672-4765

Cardston County - Rod Foggin P: 403-653-4977

Clear Hills County - Aaron Zylstra P: 780-685-3925

Clearwater County - Kim Nielsen P: 403-845-4444

Consort, Special Area 4 - Ryan Buehler P: 403-577-3523

Cypress County - Jason Storch P: 403-526-2888

Fairview, M.D. 136 - Fred Sawchuk P: 780-853-4903

Flagstaff County - Brent Hoyland P: 780-384-4100

Foothills, M.D. 31 - Ron Stead P: 403-603-5410

Forty Mile, County 8 - Dave Matz P: 403-867-3530

Grand Prairie, County 1 - Mary Lupwayi P: 780-532-9722

Greenview, M.D. 16 - Normand Boulet P: 780-524-7601

Hanna, Special Area 2 - George Aaserud P: 403-854-5628

Siksika Nation - Derrick Brass

P: 780-785-3411 P: 403-782-6601

Lamont County - Terry Eleniak P: 780-895-2585

Smoky Lake, County 13 - Scott Franchuk P: 780-656-3730

Smoky River, M.D. 130 - Normand Boulet P: 780-837-2222

Spirit River, M.D. 133 - Kelly Hudson P: 780-864-3500

St. Paul, County 19 - Dennis Bergheim

Leduc County - Garett Broadbent P: 780-955-6404

Lesser Slave River, M.D. 124 - Russ Jassman P: 780-681-3929

Lethbridge County - Don Bodnar P: 403-328-5525

Mackenzie, M.D. 23 - Grant Smith P: 780-927-3718

P: 780-645-3301

Starland County - Alan Hampton P: 403-772-3793

Stettler, County 6 - Cara Bomphray P: 403-742-4441

Strathcona County - David Churchill P: 780-417-7130

Minburn, County 27 - Darwin Ullery P: 780-632-4033

Mountain View County - Jeff Holmes P: 403-335-3311

Newell, County 4 - Todd Green P: 403-362-2772

Northern Lights, M.D. 22 - Terry Schamehorn P: 780-836-3348

Sturgeon County- Quentin Bochar P: 780-939-0603

Taber, M.D. 14 - Jon Hood P: 403-223-8735

Thorhild County - Harold Hamilton P: 780-398-3741

Two Hills, County 21 - Al Ropchan

Northern Sunrise County - Audrey Gall P: 780-322-3831

Oyen, Special Area 3 - Bill Kolkman P: 403-664-3618

Paintearth, County 18 - Jeff Cosens P: 403-882-3211

Parkland County - Mark Cardinal P: 780-968-8467

P: 780-657-3358

Vermilion River, County 24 - Howie Bjorge P: 780-846-2244

Vulcan County - Kelly Malmberg P: 403-485-3103

Wainwright, M.D. 61 - James Schwindt P: 780-842-4454

Peace, M.D. 135 - Torsten Gevenich P: 780-338-3845

Warner, County 5 - James Meeks P: 403-642-3635

Pincher Creek, M.D. 9 - Kelly Cooley P: 403-627-4151

Ponoka, County 3 - Shayne Steffen P: 403-783-3333

Provost, M.D. 52 - Burt Forbes P: 780-753-2368

Westlock County - Dennis Mueller P: 780-349-3346

Wetaskiwin, County 10 - Stephen Majek P: 780-361-6226

Wheatland, County 16 - Russel Muenchrath

Ranchland, M.D. 66 - Carla Bick P: 403-646-3131

Red Deer, County 23 - Art Preachuk P: 403-350-2163

Rocky View, M.D. 44 - Tim Dietzler P: 403-230-1401

Saddle Hills, M.D. 20 - Amy Kaut P: 780-864-3760

P: 403-333-6846

Willow Creek, M.D. 26 - Ron MacKay P: 403-625-3351

Woodlands County - Dawn Fortin P: 780-584-3866

Yellowhead - Jennifer Benson P: 780-352-3782

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�� ASSOCIATIONS ��

Alberta Farm Fresh Producers Association Box 56 Kelsey, AB T0B 2K0 P: 1-800-661-2642

Alberta Agricultural Economics Association Department of Rural Economy University of Alberta Edmonton, AB T6G 2H1 P: 780-492-0819

Alberta Association of Agricultural Societies Rm. 200 J.G. O’Donoghue Building 7000-113 Street Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6 P: 780-427-2174

Alberta Barrel Racing Association (ABRA) RR 1 Bashaw, AB T0B 0H0 P: 780-372-4207

Alberta Community & Co-operative Association #104, 5013-48 St Stony Plain, AB T7Z IL8 P: 780-963-3766 E: acca@acca.coop W: www.acca.coop

ACCA offers its clients a range of services: Co-op Development programs, Youth programs Agricultural programs, Training workshops Conference & event planning, Admin. Services

Alberta Farmers’ Market Association 200, 7000-113 St Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6 P: 780-644-5377

Alberta Greenhouse Growers Association #200, 10331- 178 Street Edmonton, AB T5S 1R5 P: 780-489-1991

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Canadian Assoc of Agri-Retailers

Alberta Institute of Agrologists 249, 2055 Premier Way Sherwood Park, AB T8H 0G2 P: 780-464-9797 E: DLloyd@aia.ab.ca W: www.albertaagrologists.ca

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Alberta Organic Producers Association R.R.#1 Morinville, AB T8R 1P4 P: 780-939-5808

Alberta Ready Mixed Concrete Association 9653A 45 Avenue NW Edmonton, AB T6E 5Z8 P: 780-436-5645

Alberta Seed Growers’ Association 5030-50 St. Lacombe, AB T4L 1W8 P: 403-782-8022 E: lorena.pahl@seed.ab.ca W: www.seed.ab.ca

Alberta Tractor Pullers Association P: 780-826-6051

Alberta Water Well Drilling Association PO Box 130 Lougheed, AB T0B 2V0 P: 780-386-2335

Alberta Women’s Institutes 5405 36 Avenue Wetaskiwin, AB T9A 3C7 P: 780-312-2440

Animal Nutrition Association of Canada 109 Murray Street, Suite 2 Ottawa, ON K1N 5M5 P: 613-241-6421

Association of Alberta Agriculture Fieldmen c/o Municipal District of Rocky View 911 - 32nd Avenue NE Calgary, AB T2E 6X6 P: 403-230-1401

Association of Alberta Co-op Seed Cleaning Plants 5030-50 St. Lacombe, AB T4L 1W8 P: 403-782-8022 E: lorena.pahl@seed.ab.ca W: www.seed.ab.ca

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�� AWARDS & RECOGNITION �� ACCA Co-operative Leadership Award

Canadian Association of Fairs & Exhibitions 43 Eccles Street Ottawa, ON P: 780-474-1902

#104, 501348 st Stony Plain, AB T7Z IL8 P: 780-963-3766

Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame P: 780-422-0492

Canadian Farm Writers Association PO Box 250 Ormstown, QC J0S 1K0 P: 877-782-6456

Alberta Century Farm & Ranch Award P: 780-422-0492

Farmer Recognition Certificate P: 800-275-4292

Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association Box 2411 Lloydminster, SK S9X 1W5 P: 306-236-5325

Canadian Professional Rodeo Association 223, 2116 - 27 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T2E 7A6 P: 403-250-7440

�� Building Materials �� Metal Roofing & Siding Experts Inc. #4A, 153 Pembina Dr. Sherwood Park, AB T8H 0B9 P: 888-2-METAL-4 (888-263-8254) E: dave.covin@metalexperts.ca W: www.metalexperts.ca

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Croplife Canada - Alberta Council 400, 1040-7 Ave SW Calgary, AB T2P 3B9 P: 403-244-4487

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Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada PO Box 209, 359 Blue Lake Road St. George, ON N0E 1N0 P: 519-448-3873

Foothills Cowboys Associaton #3, 35 - 8TH AVENUE SE High River, AB T1V 1E8 P: 403-652-1405

Freehold Owners Association 1403 12th Street S.W. Calgary, AB T3C 1B3 P: 403-245-4438

Landscape Alberta Nursery Trades Association

200, 3601A - 21 Street NE Calgary, AB T2E 6T5 P: 403-291-9111

Alberta Beef Producers #320, 6715 - 8 Street N.E. Calgary, AB T2E 7H7 P: 403-275-4400

Alberta Beekeepers

#102, 11434 - 168 Street Edmonton, AB T5M 3T9 P: 780-489-6949

Alberta Branch, Canadian Seed Growers’ Association Lacombe, AB T4L 1W8 P: 403-782-8022

#200, 10331- 178 Street Edmonton, AB T5S 1R5 P: 800-378-3198

Alberta Canola Producers Commission

Organic Alberta

4709 – 44 Avenue Stony Plain, AB T7Z 1N4 P: 780-271-1116 W: www.organicalberta.org

World Professional Chuckwagon Association #3A, 2828 - 18th Street N.E. Calgary, AB T2E 7B1 P: 403-236-2466 ~ 14 ~

#170, 14315 - 118 Avenue Edmonton, AB T5L 4S6 P: 800-551-6652 E: web@canola.ab.ca W: www.canola.ab.ca

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Alberta Chicken Producers #111, 4208 - 97 Street Edmonton, AB T6E 5Z9 P: 780-488-2125

Alberta Corn Committee Box 822 Lethbridge, AB T1J 3Z8 P: 403-345-6550 E: albertacorn@platinum.ca W: www.albertacorn.com

Alberta Egg Producers 101, 90 Freeport Blvd NE Calgary, AB T3J 5J9 P: 877-302-2344

Alberta Elk Commission 4603 - 61 Avenue Leduc, AB T9E 7A4 P: 780-980-7582

Alberta Hatching Egg Producers #301, 8925 - 51 Avenue Edmonton, AB T6E 5J3 P: 780-434-8414

Alberta Honey Producers 70 Alberta Ave Spruce Grove, AB T7X 3B1 P: 780-962-5573

Alberta Lamb Producers Agriculture Centre Airdrie, AB T4A 0C3 P: 403-948-8533

Alberta Milk

1303 – 91 Street SW Edmonton, AB T6X 1H1 P: 877-361-1231

Alberta Pulse Growers Commission 220, 5906 - 50 Street Leduc, AB T9E 0R6 P: 780-986-9398 E: office@pulse.ab.ca W: www.pulse.ab.ca

The Alberta Pulse Growers Commission represents 4,700 growers of dry peas, beans, lentils and chickpeas. Our vision is to have Alberta pulses recognized by consumers as environmentally friendly, healthy, nutritious, and recognized by all producers as being an essential element in a sustainable cropping system.

Alberta Rabbit Producers Association Adele Hyatt E: annjor@telus.net

Alberta Pork

4828 89 Street Edmonton, AB T6E 5K1 P: 877-247-PORK

Alberta Ranched Elk 4603 - 61 Ave Leduc, AB T9E 7A4 P: 780-980-7582

The Peace region of Alberta and B.C. is roughly the size of Japan or California in area (365,000km2). Japan however has 127,000,000 people compared to the Peace region's 300,000. -www.peacecountry.com

Bison Producers of Alberta 4603 – 61 Avenue Leduc, AB T9E 7A4 P: 780-986-4100

Potato Growers of Alberta 6008 – 46 Ave. Taber, AB T1G 2B1 P: 403-223-2262 Box 158 Saltcoats, SK S0A 3R0 P: 306-744-2775

Western Barley Growers Assoc.

Alberta Safflower Growers Association Box 822 Lethbridge, AB T1J 3Z8 P: 403-345-6550 E: conservation@platinum.ca

Alberta Soft Wheat Producers Commission Box 875 Lethbridge, AB T1J 3Z8 P: 403-345-6550 E: aswp@telusplanet.net

Alberta Sugar Beet Growers

Quick Facts

RR 8 Site 36 Comp 11 Lethbridge, AB T1J 4P4 P: 403-345-6550 E: winterwheat@platinum.ca W: www.wintercereals.ca

Prairie Oat Growers Association

Alberta Peace Region Forage Seed Growers Box 6135 Fort St. John, BC V1J 4H6 P: 877-630-2198

Alberta Winter Wheat Producers Commission

4900 - 50 Street Taber, AB T1G 1T3 P: 403-223-1110

Alberta Turkey Producers 4828 – 89 Street Edmonton, AB T6E 5K1 P: 780-465-5755

Alberta Vegetable Growers (Processing) 5217 - 50 Avenue Taber, AB T1G 1V3 P: 403-223-4242

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UFA Farm and Ranch Supply stores Airdrie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-948-5913 Athabasca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-675-4999 Brooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-362-6200 Camrose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-672-1115 Claresholm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-625-3337 Consort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-577-3535 Drayton Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-621-0313 Fairview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-835-2288 Falher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-837-2258 Fort Saskatchewan . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-998-3437 Grande Prairie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-532-1281 Grimshaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-332-4633 Hanna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-854-4441 High River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-652-2733 La Crete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-928-3088 Leduc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-986-4554 Lethbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-328-5531 Mayerthorpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-786-4451 Medicine Hat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-529-2424 Olds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-556-3348 Oyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-664-3611 Pincher Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-627-5343 Ponoka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-783-4811 Provost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-753-2226 Red Deer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-356-3800 Spruce Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-962-2282 Stettler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-742-3426 St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-645-7700 Strathmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-934-6684 Taber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-223-8917 Trochu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-442-4262 Two Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-657-3333 Vermilion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-853-5323 Vulcan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-485-2257 Westlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-349-4055

Petroleum Agencies Alix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-747-2411 Athabasca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-675-2538 Barrhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-674-6199 Bashaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-372-3865 Bawlf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-373-3916 Bay Tree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-353-2385 Beaverlodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-354-2532 Beiseker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-947-3480 Bow Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-545-2525 Brooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-362-8735 Buck Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-388-3891

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Calgary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-569-1177 Camrose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-672-2085 Cardston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-653-3742 Carstairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-337-3452 Castor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-882-3282 Cereal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-326-3848 Claresholm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-625-3593 Cold Lake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-635-3868 Consort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-577-3866 Coronation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-578-3868 Czar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-857-3792 Dawson Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250-782-9288 Delburne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-749-3801 Delia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-364-3922 Dewberry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-847-3866 Drayton Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-542-4141 Drumheller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-823-2119 Eckville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-746-3112

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Innisfail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-227-3712 Killam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-385-3567 Kindersley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306-463-5901 La Crete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-928-3886 La Glace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-568-2402 Lac La Biche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-623-8294 Lacombe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-782-6194 Leduc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-986-4886 Lethbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-328-4821 Lloydminster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-808-2340 Lomond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-485-2129 Lougheed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-386-3910 Macklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-753-2484 Manning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-836-3831 Mannville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-763-3751 Mayerthorpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-786-2797 Medicine Hat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-529-9099 Milk River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-647-3787 Morinville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-939-4073 Nanton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-646-2424 Nobleford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-732-5341 Olds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-556-3400 Onoway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-967-5340 Oyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-664-3815 Peace River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-624-2290 Picture Butte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-732-4224 Pincher Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-627-3213 Ponoka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-783-8848 Provost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-753-2484 Redcliff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-529-9099 Red Deer Farm Store . . . . . . . . . . 403-346-2697 Red Deer Gasoline Alley . . . . . . . 403-340-8544 Red Deer North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-346-2697 Rimbey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-843-2470 Rocky Mountain House . . . . . . . . 403-845-7648 Rockyford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-533-3745 Sexsmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-568-3645 Smoky Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-656-3924 Spirit River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-864-3944 Spruce Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-962-7020 Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-934-5118 Stettler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-742-2647 St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-645-7700 Strathmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-934-3074 Swift Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306-778-0850 Sylvan Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-887-2162 Taber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-223-9422 Three Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-443-5122 Tofield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-662-3233 Trochu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-442-3853 Two Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-657-2950 Valleyview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-524-3140 Vegreville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-632-2775 Vermilion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-853-5512 Vulcan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-485-2129 Wabasca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-891-0111 Wainwright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-842-4161 Wanham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-694-3915 Warburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-848-2848 Westlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-349-3139 Wetaskiwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-352-2463 Whitecourt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-706-2102 Wildwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-325-3866 Worsley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780-685-3943

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Alberta Rhodiola Rosea Growers Organization P.O. Box 67314, Hawkstone RPO Edmonton, AB T6M 0J4 P: 888-986-0262

Calgary Alternative Transportation Co-operative Suite 309 - 223 12th Ave SW Calgary, AB T2R 0G9 P: 403-264-2422

Calgary Co-operative Association Ltd. #110, 151 - 86th Ave. SE Calgary, AB T2H 3A5 P: 403-219-6025

Calgary Co-operative Memorial Society Ltd. Suite 204A, 223 – 12th Ave. S.W. Calgary, AB T2R 0G9 P: 403-248-2044

Canadian Co-operative Association 400-275 Bank Street Ottawa, ON K2P 2L6 P: 866-266-7677

Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation #104, 402 - 30 Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 2E3 P: 403-276-8250

Central Alberta Rural Electrification Association Ltd. 5803 - 42 Street, Box 6199 Innisfail, AB T4G 1S8 P: 403-227-4011 E: general@carea.ca W: www.carea.ca

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Federated Co-operatives Limited P.O. Box 1050 Saskatoon, SK S7K 3M9 P: 306-244-3311

Federation of Alberta Gas Co-ops Ltd. #201, 115 Portage Close Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2R5 P: 780-416-6543

North East Gas Co-op Ltd. 5320 51 Ave. Bonnyville, AB T9N 2A4 P: 780-826-4002

Northern Alberta Co-operative Housing Association 200 - 12120-106 Ave Edmonton, AB T6K 0R3 P: 780-482-6128

Southern Alberta Co-operative Housing Association #110, 2526 Battleford Ave. SW Calgary, AB T3E 7J4 P; 403-233-0969

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�� ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT �� Alberta Southwest Regional Alliance PO Box 1041, First Floor, 782 Main Street Pincher Creek, AB T0K 1W0 P: 888-627-3373

Battle River Alliance for Economic Development Box 373, 5023 - 50 Street Killam, AB T0B 2L0 P: 780-385-2450

Calgary Regional Partnership Box 2093 Cochrane, AB T4C 1B8 P: 403-851-2509

Central Alberta Economic Partnership Ltd. B102, Suite 354 5212 - 48 St Red Deer, AB T4N 7C3 P: 403-357-2237

Economic Developers Alberta

Mountain Equipment Co-op

Edmonton Economic Development Corporation

12328 102 Ave. NW Edmonton, AB T5N 0L9 P: 780-488-6614

Multicultural Health Brokers Co-operative Ltd. 10867 – 97 Street Edmonton, AB T5H 2M6 P: 780-423-1973

5306 - 49 Street Barrhead, AB T7N 1N5 P: 780-674-3140

Lesser Slave Lake Economic Alliance Box 2437 High Point, AB TOG IEO P: 780-523-6569

Northeast Alberta Information HUB Ltd Box 308, Provincial Building St. Paul, AB T0A 3A4 P: 866-538-1155

Palliser Economic Partnership Box 2046 Medicine Hat, AB T6A 7H1 P: 877-226-7552

Peace Region Economic Development Alliance Box 20 10320-99 Street Grande Prairie, AB T8V 6J4 P: 780-538-5230

Regional Economic Development Alliance 5th Floor, Commerce Place 10155-102 Street Edmonton, AB T5J 4L6 P: 780-427-2005

Regional Economic Development Initiative P.O. Box 210 9810-99 St. High Level, AB T0H 1Z0 P: 888-922-4233

Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo 9909 Franklin Avenue Fort McMurray, AB T9H 2K4 P: 800-973-WOOD

SouthGrow Regional Initiative

Lac La Biche Gas Co-op

Box 1050, 122 Parker Road Sentinel Industrial Park Lac La Biche, AB T0A 2C0 P: 780-623-4000

Growth Alberta

Suite 127, #406, 917-85 Street SW Calgary, AB T3H 5Z9 P: 866-671-8182

3rd Floor, World Trade Centre Edmonton Edmonton, AB T5J 1P7 P: 800-463-4667

Grande Alberta Economic Region Room 111, 111 - 54 Street Edson, AB T7E 1T2 P: 866-723-7706 ~ 17 ~

Box 1202 Lethbridge, AB T1J 4A4 P: 888-898-8488

�� EDUCATION & TRAINING �� Agriculture in the Classroom Program 201, 7000 - 113 Street Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6 P: 780-427-4309

AgriProfit$ Program Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development #303, 7000-113st. Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6 P: 780-422-3122

Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture J. G. O’ Donoghue Building 7000 - 113 Street Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6 P: 780-427-3885

Farmers' Markets

Alberta’s Farmers’ Markets - Sorted by Region Location

Address

Day

Duration

Time

Airdrie

Royal Canadian Legion

Wednesdays

June 1 - TBA

3:30pm - 7:00pm

Bow Island

Golden Age Centre, 206 - 5th Avenue E

Fridays

July 8 - Sep 16

2:30pm - 5:00pm

Brooks

Kinsmen Rodeo Grounds, 7St SE & 1 Ave

Thursdays

June 2 - Oct 6

3:00pm - 6:30pm

Calgary Bearspaw

Bearspaw Lions Clubhouse , 25240 Nagway Rd

Sundays

June 5 - Oct 2

10:00am - 2:00pm

Calgary Farmers’ Market

510-77th Avenue SE

Fridays

Jan 7 - Dec 23

9:00am - 5:00pm

Saturdays

Jan 8 - Dec 17

9:00am - 5:00pm

Sundays

Jan 2 - Dec 18

9:00am - 5:00pm

Southern Region

Calgary Grassroots Northland

Northland Village , 5111 Northland Drive NW

Tuesdays

June 7 - Sep 27

3:30pm - 7:00pm

Calgary Hillhurst Sunnyside

Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Centre, 1320-5 Ave NW

Wednesdays

May 25 - Oct 5

3:30pm - 7:30pm

Calgary Kingsland

7711 Macleod Trail S

Thursdays

Jan 6 – Dec 22

9:00am - 6:00pm

Fridays

Jan 8 – Dec 17

9:00am - 6:00pm

Saturdays

Jan 8 – Dec 17

9:00am - 5:00pm

Sundays

Jan 2 – Dec 18

10:00am - 4:00pm

Calgary S.W.

Grey Eagle Casino, 37st. and Glenmore Trail

Thursdays

June - Sep

3:30pm - 7:00pm

Cardston

Charlie Cheesman Ice Centre, 339 Main A Street

Thursdays

June 30 - Sep 1

11:00am - 2:00pm

Dec 9

11:00am - 6:00pm

Chestermere

Chestermere Rec Center

Fridays

June - Aug

3:30pm - 7:00pm

Claresholm

Claresholm Arena

Wednesdays

July 6 - Sep 7

3:00pm - 6:00pm

Cochrane

Cochrane Ranche Historic Site, Hwy 1A and 22

Saturdays

July 4 - Sep 24

9:00am - 1:00pm

Pete Knight Memorial Arena, 920 Mountain Ave

Thursdays

Crossfield

Crossfield Community Hall Drumheller

Greentree Mall, 555 Hwy 10 E

Saturdays

Arena Downtown Drumheller

May 5 - Sep 15

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Nov 6

10:00am - 4:00pm

Apr 7 - Sep 29

4:00pm- 7:30pm

Jul 1

10:00am - 4:00pm

Nov 25 & Nov 26

9:30am- 3:00pm

Fort Macleod

Curling Rink, 21 St between 2 & 3 Ave

Thursdays

July 21 - Sep 22

3:00pm - 6:00pm

Hanna

Round Up Centre, 800 Pioneer Trail

Wednesdays

June 22 - Sep 21

10:30am - 2:00pm

Lethbridge

Downtown Lethbridge, corner of 3 Ave & 6 St

Wednesdays

July 6 - Sep 14

10:00am - 3:00pm

Lethbridge Exhibition Park

Saturdays

May 14 - Oct 29

8:00am - 12:30pm

Medicine Hat

Cypress Centre, 2055-21 Ave SE

Saturdays

May 21 - Oct 1

9:00am - 1:00pm

Millarville

Race Track, 20 minutes SW of Calgary, Hwy 549 and 192 St W

Saturdays

June 11 - Oct 8

9:00am - 2:00pm

Nov 11

10:00am- 8:00pm

Nov 12-13

10:00am- 5:00pm

Nanton

United Church Parking Lot, 2121-21 Ave

Saturdays

June 11 - Oct 11

9:00am - 1:00pm

Okotoks

North side of Okotoks, 1 km N of Keith GM on 15 St E Service Road - facing Hwy 2A

Fridays

June 24 - Sep 30

4:00pm - 7:00pm

Oyen

Oyen and District Memorial Arena, 105-5 Ave East

Fridays

June 10 - Sep 16

11:00am - 2:00pm

Dec 3

11:00am - 4:00pm

Jul 10 – Oct 7

11:00am- 2:00pm

Pincher Creek

Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village, 1037 Bev McLachlin Drive

Fridays

Sep 16 – 17, Dec 17 11:00am- 2:00pm ~ 18 ~

Farmers' Markets (continued)

Alberta’s Farmers’ Markets - Sorted by Region Location

Address

Day

Duration

Time

Strathmore Ag Society Grounds, Wheatland Trail, one block North of Brent Blvd

Fridays

June 10 - Sep 23

3:00pm - 6:30pm

Strathmore Civic Center, 120 Brent Blvd

Apr 23

10:00am - 2:00pm

Strathmore Ag Society Grounds, Wheatland Trail, one block North of Brent Blvd

Oct 1

11:00am - 4:00pm

Southern Region (continued) Strathmore

Nov 26

10:00am - 4:00pm

Taber

Taber Agri-plex, 6602-53 St

Strathmore Civic Centre, 120 Brent Blvd Thursdays

July 7 - Sep 29

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Three Hills

Three Hills Curling Club, 217-3rd Ave N

Tuesdays

May 17 - Sep 27

10:00am - 1:00pm

Nov 25

1:00pm - 7:00pm

Nov 26

10:00am - 4:00pm

May 31 - Sept 27

3:30pm - 6:00pm

Dec 4

11:00am - 4:00pm

Central Region Bashaw

Ag Building

Tuesdays

Bashaw Community Center Bentley

Curling Rink , 5218-50 St

Saturdays

May 21 - Sep 3

1:30pm - 3:30pm

Blackfalds

Blackfalds Multi-Plex, 5302 Landsdowne Ave

Mondays

May 16 - Sep 26

3:00pm - 6:00pm

Apr 18, Nov 14, Dec 12

3:00pm - 6:00pm

May 21 - Sep 3

10:00am - 1:00pm

Nov 6 & Dec 4

11:00am - 3:00pm

Buck Lake

Buck Lake Community Hall, 801 Lakeshore Drive

Saturdays

Camrose

Duggan Mall, 6601-48 Avenue

Saturdays

Jan 8 - Dec 17

9:00am - 2:00pm

Camrose Rose City

Duggan Mall, 6601-48 Avenue

Thursdays

Jan 13 - Dec 22

3:00pm - 8:00pm

Caroline

Kurt Browning Complex, 5103-48th Avenue

Fridays

May 6 - Sep 9

12:00pm - 3:00pm

Oct 28, Nov 18 - Dec 2

5:00pm - 8:00pm

March 3 - Dec 1

10:00am - 2:00pm

Dec 1

11:00am - 2:00pm

Apr 19 - Oct 4 Every 2nd Week

11:00am - 3:00pm

Castor

Castor Community Hall, 4801-48 Ave

Thursdays

Consort

Three Star Shop, 4625-49A Ave

Tuesday

Apr 19

11:00am - 3:00pm

Delburne

Delburne Community Hall, 2034-21 Ave

Wednesdays

Jun 1 - Sept 29

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Didsbury

Curling Rink

Thursdays

July 1

5:00pm - 7:00pm

Wednesdays

July 7 - Sep 15

5:00pm - 7:00pm

Innisfail

Innisfail Arena, 5802-42 Street

Thursdays

Innisfail Legion Lacombe

Michener Park, Hwy 12 west

Fridays

Lacombe Memorial Centre

May 19 - Sep 22

10:00am - 1:00pm

Nov 25

11:00am - 6:30pm

Nov 26

9:30am - 4:00pm

May 20 - Oct 7

9:00am - 1:00pm

Apr 21

9:00am - 4:00pm

Nov 18 - Dec 15 (weekly)

9:00am - 1:00pm

Lakedell

Lakedell Ag Society Parking Lot, 1 mile west of Village of Pigeon Lake & 1/2 mile South

Fridays

May 13 - Sep 9

4:30pm - 7:30pm

Mayerthorpe & District

Diamond Centre, 4814-54 Street

Thursdays

Apr 7 - Sep 29

11:00am - 2:00pm

Aug 14

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Dec 2

12:00pm - 8:00pm

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Farmers' Markets (continued)

Alberta’s Farmers’ Markets - Sorted by Region Location

Address

Day

Duration

Time

Millet

Millet Agriplex, 5290-45 Ave

Wednesdays

May 4 - Dec 21

4:00pm - 7:00pm

Olds

Cow Palace, 5116-54 St

Thursdays

May 26 - Sep 29

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Ponoka

Curling Rink in the Arena Complex, 4310-54 St

Wednesdays

May 4 - Sep 28, Nov 30, Dec 7

9:00am - 1:00pm

Apr 8

3:00pm - 9:00pm

Apr 9

10:00am - 5:00pm

June 28 - 29

9:00am - 1:00pm

Dec 1 - Dec 8

9:00am - 1:00pm

Apr 15 - Oct 14

10:00am - 2:00pm

Provost Rec Centre

Apr 15

10:00am - 5:00pm

Provost Agro-plex, 5211-43 St

March 27 - Oct 7

10:00am - 7:00pm

Central Region (continued)

Provost

Provost Agro-plex, 5211-43 St

Fridays

Dec 9

11:00am - 5:00pm

Rimbey

Pask-a-Poo-Park, 5620-51 St

Provost Rec Centre Saturday

May7 - Oct 8

9:30am - 11:30am

Rocky Mountain House Town & Country

Rocky Arena Complex, 5332-50 St

Saturdays

Jan 8 - Jul 30

10:00am - 1:00pm

Aug 13 - Dec 17

10:00am - 3:00pm

Stettler Sundre Sylvan Lake

Agriplex, 4516-52 St

July 16

10:00am - 3:00pm

Friday

Aug 5

5:00pm - 8:00pm

Saturday

Aug 6

10:00am - 3:00pm

Friday

Aug 12

TBA

Tuesdays

May 3 - Nov 22

9:00am - 1:00pm

Nov 29

11:00am - 8:00pm

May 6 - Sep 16

5:00pm - 7:30pm

Curling Rink, 101-2nd Ave NW

Fridays

Railway Promenade , Corner of 46 St and 49 Ave

Fridays

Community Centre, 4725-43 St Tofield

Viking

Community Hall, Main Street, next to Bank of Montreal

Viking Community Hall

Fridays

Thursdays

May 20 - Sep 30

4:00pm - 7:30pm

Feb 19, Dec 4

12:00pm - 4:00pm

Jan 14 - Feb 11 (Monthly)

2:00pm - 5:00pm

Mar 11 - Apr 22, May 13 - Jul 22, Aug 12 - Sep 23, Oct 14 - Nov 25 (Every 2nd Week)

2:00pm - 5:00pm

Dec 9

2:00pm - 5:00pm

Mar 3 - Oct 27

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Apr 21, May 5, Dec 15

2:00pm - 5:00pm

Nov 17 - Dec 1

2:00pm - 7:00pm

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Alberta’s Farmers’ Markets - Sorted by Region Location

Address

Day

Duration

Time

Wainwright

731-2nd Ave

Saturdays

Mar 5 - Dec 3 (Monthly)

10:00am - 1:00pm

Wetaskiwin

Wetaskiwin Mall, 3725-56 St

Wednesdays

Jan 5 - Dec 21

10:00am - 2:00pm

Boyle Community Centre, on 3rd St

Thursdays

May 19 - Sept 1

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Rodeo Grounds

Jul 16 -17

12:00pm - 3:00pm

Grassland Community Christmas

Nov 20 & Dec 3

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Jan 2 - Oct 6

2:00pm - 5:00pm

Nov 19

10:00am - 4:00pm

Jan 13 - Dec 22

5:00pm - 8:00pm

Central Region (continued)

North Central Region Boyle

Devon

Community Hall, 20 Haven Ave

Thursdays

Edmonton Alberta Avenue Community League

9210-118 Ave

Thursdays

Jan 8 - 9

12:00am - 6:00pm

Edmonton Beverly Towne

40 St and 118 Ave (south of Cenotaph Park)

Tuesdays

May 10 - Sep 27

4:00pm - 8:00pm

High Level

MacKenzie Crossroads Museum, 10803-96 St

Fridays

May 13 - Oct 14

9:00am - 6:30pm

Edmonton - Callingwood

69 Ave & 178 St

Sundays

May 1 - Oct 9

10:00am - 3:00pm

Wednesdays

May 4 - Sep 28

2:00pm - 7:00pm

May - Sep

Edmonton Capilano

Capilano Shopping Centre, 5004-98 Ave

Saturdays

Jan 8 - Dec 11

9:30am - 5:00pm

Edmonton City Market on 104th

Downtown Edmonton, 104 St between Jasper Ave & 103 Ave

Saturdays

May 21 - Oct 8

9:00am - 3:30pm

Edmonton Millwoods

Millwoods Recreation Centre Parking Lot, 28 Ave and Millwoods Road (approx 72 St)

Thursdays

July 16 - Oct 6

5:00pm - 8:00pm

Edmonton Old Strathcona

Old Bus Barn, 10310-83 Ave

Saturdays

Jan 8 - Dec 11

8:00am - 3:00pm

Edmonton Westmount

Westmount Shopping Centre, 111 Ave & Groat Rd

Thursdays

Jan 6 - Dec 22

10:00am - 5:00pm

Fort Saskatchewan

CN Station Parking Lot, 10030-99 Ave

Thursdays

June 23 - Sep 8

4:30pm - 7:30pm

Jul 1

12:00am - 4:00pm

Gibbons

Curling Rink, 5004-51 Ave

Thursdays

July 14 - Sep 15

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Nov 26

10:00am - 3:30pm

La Crete

10102-101 Street

Fridays

Jan 7 - Dec 30

10:00am - 5:00pm

Long Lake Provincial Park

Day Use Area #2

Saturdays

May 21 - Sep 3

11:00am - 2:00pm

Morinville

Main Street, 10119-100 Ave (sidewalk)

Fridays

June 3 - Sep 30

12:00pm - 6:00pm

Redwater

Provident Place, Curling surface, 4944-53 St

Tuesdays

June 14 - Sep 13

4:00pm - 7:00pm

Sherwood Park - Festival Place

Festival Place, 100 Festival Way

Wednesdays

May 18 - Oct 5

5:00pm - 8:00pm

July 1

10:00am - 5:00pm

Sherwood Park - Salisbury

Range Rd 232, just south of Wye Rd

Thursdays

Jan 6 - Dec 22

4:30pm - 8:00pm

Slave Lake

Lesser Slave Regional Visitor Information Centre, 100 Poplar Lane

Fridays

Jun 3 - Sep 23

11:00am - 3:00pm

Spruce Grove

Elevator Site, 100 Railway Ave

Saturdays

Apr 16 - Dec 17

9:30am - 2:30pm

St Albert

St Anne St and St Thomas Streets

Saturdays

June 18 - Oct 8

10:00am - 3:00pm

Nov 26 - Dec 17

10:00am - 3:00pm

City Hall Lobby, St. Anne St Stony Plain

Stony Plain Community Centre, 5008-51 Ave

Saturdays

Apr 9 - Dec 17

9:00am - 1:00pm

Stony Plain Heritage

Toby Kazeil Pavillion in Heritage Park, 5100- 41 Ave

Saturdays

Jun 4 -Oct 8

9:00am - 1:00pm

Westlock

Bargain Store Mall, 10211-100 St

Fridays

Feb 11 - Dec 16

11:00am - 3:00pm

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Alberta’s Farmers’ Markets - Sorted by Region Location

Address

Day

Duration

Time

Andrew Arena, 5013-51 Ave

Saturdays

Apr 9 - Oct 15

1:00pm - 3:00pm

North East Region Andrew

Oct 15

10:00am - 4:00pm

Bonnyville

Andrew Community Centre Bonnyville Centennial Centre, 4313-50 Ave

Saturdays

Jan 8 - Dec 17

11:00am - 2:00pm

Bonnyville Tuesday Farmers’ Market

Beaver River Fish and Game Building, 4402-54 Avenue

Tuesdays

Jan 4 - Dec 27

3:00pm - 6:30pm

Cold Lake

Exhibition Park, 4608-38 Ave

Thursdays

May 12 - Oct 6

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Dec 1 – Dec 8

12:00am - 6:00pm

Lac La Biche

Agricom, Next to county office

Fridays

Apr 15 - Oct 28

3:00pm - 5:30pm

Manning

Royal Canadian Legion, 121-2 Ave SW

Fridays

Apr 21. May 6 Oct 7, June 30

10:00am - 1:00pm

May 7 - June 18 (Every 2nd Week)

10:00am - 1:00pm

July 23

10:00am - 2:00pm

Saturdays

St. Paul

Recreation Centre, 4802-53 St

Nov 26

10:00am - 4:00pm

Friday

Dec 9

11:00am - 7:00pm

Fridays

May 6 - Oct 7

8:30am - 1:00pm

Dec 2 - Dec 16

10:00am - 2:00pm

Vegreville

Elks Lodge, 5002-55 Ave

Fridays

Mar 4 - Dec 23

8:30am - 11:30am

Vermilion

Elks Hall, 5018-49 Ave

Tuesdays

Mar 15 - Dec 20

10:00am - 1:00pm

Nov 29

10:00am - 4:00pm

Dec 6 - Dec 20

10:00am - 3:00pm

North West Region Alberta Beach

Agriplex , 4811-47 Ave

Sundays

May 8 - Sept 25

12:00pm - 3:00pm

Barrhead

Barrhead Agrena (Multi Purpose Room), 5607-47 St

Saturdays

May 7 - Dec 17

10:00am - 1:00pm

Nov 26 - Dec 17

10:00am - 3:00pm

May 1 - Oct 2

11:00am - 2:00pm

Aug 20

10:00am - 4:00pm

Aug 21

11:00am - 3:00pm

Darwell

Darwell Centennial Hall, Junction Hwy 765 and 633

Sundays

Senior’s Hall Drayton Valley

Omniplex, 5737-45 Avenue

Wednesdays

Mar 9 - Dec 21

10:30am - 2:00pm

Edson

Friendship Centre, 5023-3 Ave

Fridays

Apr 24 - Sep 24

10:30am - 2:00pm

Sundays

Nov 13 & Dec 4

10:00am - 3:00pm

Evansburg

Main Street, across from Post Office

Saturdays

May 8 - Oct 9

10:00am - 2:00pm

Fort Assiniboine

Recreation Agriculture Building

Fridays

May 6 - Sep 30

2:00pm - 6:30pm

Grande Cache

Akasaka Recreation Centre - Curling Rink, 10450 Hoppe Ave

Tuesdays

Jul 12 - Jul 26 11:00am - 3:00pm (Every 2nd Week), Jul 21, Aug 9 - Aug 23 (Every 2nd Week), Sep 6 - Sep 20 (Every 2nd Week)

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Alberta’s Farmers’ Markets - Sorted by Region Location

Address

Day

Hinton Centre, 965 Switzer Dr

Thursdays

Duration

Time

North West Region (continued) Hinton

Jasper Activity Centre, 303 Pyramid Ave, Jasper

Seba Beach

Pavillion Bingo Hall, 102-1st St

Saturdays

Mar 31 - Dec 15

11:00am - 2:00pm

Aug 10 & Sep 7

4:00pm - 8:00pm

Nov 4

1:00pm - 8:00pm

Nov 5

10:00am - 4:00pm

Nov 20

11:00am - 5:00pm

May 7 - Sep 3

10:30am - 12:30pm

Sep 24

11:00am - 3:00pm

Valleyview

Valleyview Memorial Hall, 4804-50 St

Thursdays

March 3, 11:00am - 4:00pm Apr 21 - June 16 (Every 2nd Week), Jun 30 - Sep 15, Oct 6, Nov 17 - Dec 8 (Every 3rd Week)

Wembley

Community Hall, 9915-100 St

Saturdays

Jan 1 - Dec 31 Every 2nd Week

11:00am - 3:00pm

Sundays

Jan 2 - Dec 18 Every 2nd Week

11:00am - 3:00pm

Nov 4 - 6

TBA

Evergreen Park Tech Centre Whitecourt

Legion Hall , 51 Ave & 50 St

Tuesdays

May 3 - Oct 4, Nov 11:00am - 2:00pm 15 - Dec 13 (Every 2nd Week)

Wildwood

Community Centre, 4916-51 Ave

Fridays

May 6 - Oct 7, Nov 18 - Dec 2

10:30am - 2:00pm

Thursday

Apr 21

10:30am - 2:00pm

Saturday

Dec 10

11:00am - 3:00pm

Tuesdays

Feb 1 - Dec 13

5:00pm - 8:00pm

Wednesdays

Feb 2 - Dec 14

12:00pm - 3:00pm

Saturdays

Mar 26 - Apr 23 (Every 2nd Week)

10:00am - 12:00pm

May 14 - May 28 (Every 2nd Week)

9:00am - 2:00pm

Lac Cardinal Museum

Aug 13

9:00am - 2:00pm

Legion Hall

Aug 27 - Oct 8

9:00am - 2:00pm

Thursdays

Apr 21, May 5, July 2 - Sep 15

3:00pm - 6:30pm

Saturday

Dec 10

2:00am - 6:00pm

Fridays

Feb 4 - Dec 2

4:00pm - 7:00pm

Saturdays

Feb 5 - Dec 3

10:00am - 3:00pm

Peace Region Beaverlodge Berwyn

Bezanson

Clairmont

Ag-Complex, North end of 5th Avenue Legion Hall

Bezanson Memorial Hall

Clairmont Community Hall, 9819-100 Ave

Enilda

WI Hall, off WI Dr, 2 First Avenue

Saturdays

Feb 5 - Dec 3, Dec 17

10:00am - 2:00pm

Fairview

Fairview Legion, 10313-110 St

Saturdays

Jan 8 - Dec 31

9:00am - 11:00am

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Alberta’s Farmers’ Markets - Sorted by Region Location

Address

Day

Duration

Time

Hanson Ford Building, 10032-101 Ave

Wednesdays

July 6 - Aug 31

4:00pm - 8:00pm

Fridays

Jan 7 - Dec 23

4:00pm - 8:00pm

Saturdays

Jan 8 - Dec 17

10:00am - 3:00pm

Saturday

Mar 12, Apr 16, May 7, June 4

10:00am - 1:00pm

Jul 2 - Jul 16 (Every 3rd Week)

10:00am - 4:00pm

Ag Fair Ground

Aug 6, Aug 20, Sep 3, Sep 17, Oct 8, Oct 22

10:00am - 4:00pm

Al Adair Centre

Nov 4, 5

4:00pm - 9:00pm

Saturdays

Nov 26 - Dec 10 (Every 2nd Week)

10:00am - 4:00pm

Thursdays

Apr 21 - Dec 8

3:00pm - 7:00pm

Feb 10, Mar 17, Dec 9

3:00pm - 7:00pm

Peace Region (continued) Grande Prairie

Peace River

Rycroft

Senior Citizens Centre, 10301-101 St

Rycroft Ag Building, 5010 49 Ave

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All sessions will be professionally facilitated. This means that someone equipped with the skills necessary to engage the participants will control the flow of the conversation. The facilitator will ask the necessary questions of the group to “tease” out the nuggets of knowledge accumu-

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How will producers contribute to the discussion? Technology will play a big role in the success of the APN. To broaden the reach of the FLC’s impact and respond to the producer’s desire to have more convenient and timely learning opportunities, each APN may leverage one or many of the following technologies to connect the APN subscribers to the experts and to each other: Conference Calls • Video Conferences • Online Forums • Webinars • Online Chat Rooms • Podcasts The goal of the technology is to create an EASY and CONVENIENT way for producers to participate. Easy and convenient is stressed as these are the pillars by which the technology has been selected. Further, all events will be archived for on-demand access by subscribers, allowing producers to access the information whenever it is convenient for them.

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Schools

David Thompson Recreation Board Le Geoff School Red Deer Lake School

Agricultural Societies Berwyn Ag Society Big Country Ag Society Blackfalds Ag Society Cottonwood Gordon Ag Society Donalda Ag Society Eaglesham Ag Society Edgerton Ag Society Fairview Ag Society Gilby Ag Society

Hardisty Ag Society Innisfail & District Ag Society Josephburg Ag Society Magrath Ag Society Neutral Hills Ag Society Red Willow Ag Society Rosalind Ag Society Rycroft Ag Society Spruce Grove Ag Society St. Paul Ag Society Vegreville Ag Society Wetaskiwin Ag Society

Other Organizations

Battle River REA Blueline Industries Bonham Consulting Services Ltd Digestco Ltd Dillman Oil & Gas CYAAA (Alumni) Flagstaff County Grimshaw Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Institute Huber Oilfield Services Ltd Kelshane Industries Kidsport Stettler Community North Peace Youth Support Rangeland Real Estate Saddle Lake Band Child Welfare Status Food Service

The Alberta Environmental Farm Plan 801 - 4445 Calgary Trail Edmonton, AB T6H 5R7 P: 866-844-2337

The Nature Conservancy of Canada Suite 830, 1020 Centre Street SE Calgary, AB T2G 5A5 P: 403-262-1253

The Pembina Institute 200, 608 - 7th Street S.W. Calgary, AB T2P 1Z2 P: 403-269-3344

Woodlot Extension Program P: 780-415-2681

�� Equipment �� Fort Garry Industries Ltd.

E: info@fgiltd.ca W: www.fgiltd.com Calgary (5350 72 Ave SE) ph: 403-236-9712 Lethbridge (1110 39th St N) ph: 403-331-6315 Red Deer (7947 Edgar Industrial Dr) ph: 403-343-1383 Edmonton (16230 118th Ave NW) ph: 780-447-4422 Lloydminster (5701 63 Ave) ph: 780-875-9115 Grande Prairie (10610 82 Ave) ph: 780-402-9864 See our advertisement on page 60.

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�� GOVERNMENT & AGENCIES �� Agricultural Technology Centre 300 College Drive South Lethbridge, AB T1K 1L6 P: 403-329-1212

Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Sir John Carling Building 930 Carling Ave Ottawa, ON K1A 0C7 P: 613-759-1000

Agriculture and Food Council of Alberta # 402, 1101 - 5 St. Nisku, AB T9E 7N3 P: 780-955-3714

Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development 100A J.G. O’Donoghue Building 7000-113th Street Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6 P: 780-427-2727

Alberta Grain Commission 305, 7000 – 113 St. Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6 P: 403-292-4210

Canadian Food Inspection Agency 1115-57th Avenue North East Calgary, AB T2E 9B2 P: 800-442-2342

Canadian Grain Commission 600-303 Main Street Winnipeg, MB R3C 3G8 P: 800-853-6705

Canadian Wildlife Service Environment Canada 4999 - 98 Ave, Room 200 Edmonton, AB T6B 2X3 P: 780-495-2615

Alberta Farm Fuel Benefit #201 J.G. O’Donoghue Building 7000 - 113 Street Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6 P: 780-422-9167

Alberta Horse Improvement Program Livestock Business Development 97 East Lake Ramp NE Airdrie, AB T4A 0C3 P: 403-948-8541

Alberta Technology Innovation Program Food Beverage Canada #201, 17904 - 105 Avenue Edmonton, AB T5S 2H5 P: 780-486-9679

Canada-Alberta BSE Surveillance Program TSE UNIT - 1st floor, O.S. Longman building 6909-116 Street Edmonton, AB T6H 4P2 P: 780-644-3967

Canadian Agricultural Loans Act Loans Program P: 888-346-2511

Canadian Agriculture and Food International Farmers’ Advocate Office (FAO) 305, 7000 - 113 Street Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6 P: 310-FARM (3276) E: farmers.advocate@gov.ab.ca W: www.farmersadvocate.gov.ab.ca

Natural Resources Conservation Board 9940-106 St Edmonton, AB T5K 2N2 P: 780-422-1977

Ropin the Web 7000-113th Street Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6 P: 403-742-7901

Program, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Canada Place, Suite 720, 9700 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, AB T5J 4G5 P: 780-495-2119

Farm Safety Grant Program Guidelines 201 J. G. O’ Donoghue Building 7000 - 113 Street Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6 P: 780-427-4231

Feeder Associations Guarantee Program 201 Provincial Building 5030 - 50 Street Olds, AB T4H 1S1 P: 403-507-4064

Interest Rebate Program

Sustainable Resource Development Main Floor, 9920-108 Street Edmonton, AB T5K 2M4 P: 877-944-0313

�� GRANTS & PROGRAMS �� Agricultural Research Fund c/o AVAC 220, 6815-8 Street NE Calgary, AB T2E 7H7 P: 403-274-2774

c/o Feeder Associations of Alberta Box 4190 Barrhead, AB T7N 1A2 P: 780-674-2622

Internship Program with Innovative SMEs Industrial Research Assistance Program 250 Karl Clark Rd Edmonton, AB T6N 1E4 P: 877-994-4727

Rural Alberta’s Development Fund Site 4, Box 17, RR#4 Tofield, AB T0B 4J0 P: 877-940-7233

Agrivalue Fund

Rural Community Adaptation Grant Program

c/o AVAC 220, 6815-8 Street NE Calgary, AB T2E 7H7 P: 403-274-2774

#106, J.G. O’Donoghue Building 7000 – 113 Street Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6 P: 780-427-2409 ~ 36 ~

Rural Connections: Community Broadband Infrastructure Pilot Program, #106, J.G. O’Donoghue Building, 7000-113 St Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6 P: 780-427-2409

�� INFORMATION �� Ag-Info Centre P: 310-FARM (3276)

Agricultural Operations Practice Act Nuisance Complaints P: 780-427-7956

Agricultural Processing Industry Directory P: 403-340-7625

Agriculture Technology Centre 3000 College Drive South Lethbridge, AB T1K 1L6 P: 403-329-1212

Agri-News P: 780-427-2121

Alberta Mental Help Line 400-4 Avenue S, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4E1 P: 877-303-2642

Beef Information Centre 310, 6715 – 8 Street NE Calgary, AB T2E 7H7 P: 888-248-BEEF

Call of the Land P: 780-422-3981

Food Safety Information Society 4632 1 St Se Suite 101 Calgary, AB T2G 2L3 P: 403-287-0098

Information Packaging Centre Publication Office 7000 - 113 Street Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6 P: 800-292-5697

Services for Agri-Processors Directory Processing Industry Business Development 301 Provincial Building, 4920 - 51 Street Red Deer, AB T4N 6K8 P: 403-340-7625

�� LICENCES �� Chicken Processor Licensing P: 780-427-2164

Chicken Producer Licensing P: 780-427-2164

Chicken Quota Leasing - Licencing P: 780-427-2164

Egg Producer Licensing P: 780-427-2164

Farm Implement Dealer Licensing P: 310-FARM (3276)

Fish Culture Licence P: 780-427-5083

Hatchery Operator Licensing P: 780-427-2164

Hatching Egg Producer Licensing P: 780-427-2164

Milk Processor Licensing P: 780-427-2165

Alberta Gelbvieh Association 4215 - 83 St Edmonton, AB T6K 1C8 P: 780-450-1280

Alberta Hereford Association Box 570 Hardisty, AB T0B 1V0 P: 780-888-2813

Alberta Holstein Association R.R.#1 Didsbury, AB T0M 0W0 P: 403-335-5916

Alberta Jersey Cattle Association

Soft Wheat Dealer Licensing P: 780-427-2164

Sugar Beet Processor Licensing P: 780-427-2164

Sugar Beet Producer Licensing P: 780-427-2164

Turkey Hatcheryman Licensing P: 780-427-2164

Turkey Processor Licensing P: 780-427-2164

Vegetable Producer Licensing P: 780-427-2164

Winter Wheat Dealer Licensing P: 780-427-2164

�� LIVESTOCK - CATTLE �� Alberta Angus Association Box 3725 Olds, AB T4H 1P5 P: 403-556-9057

Site 12 Box 5 RR 2 Cochrane, AB T4C 1A2 P: 403-880-6906

Alberta Limousin Association Box 87 Kitscoty, AB T0B 2P0 P: 780-846-2622

Alberta Maine Anjou Association Box 129 Derwent, AB T0C 1C0 P: 780-741-2188

Alberta Pinzgauer Association RR 1 Site 8 Box 2 Sexsmith, AB T0H 3C0 P: 780-568-2974

Alberta Salers Association Suite 1, 517 - 10 Ave South Carstairs, AB T0M 0N0 P: 403-337-5851

Alberta Scottish Highland Cattle Association Box 1379 Grimshaw, AB T0H 1W0

Alberta Blonde d’Aquitaine Association Box 5959 Westlock, AB T7P 2P7 P: 780-222-5335

Alberta Canada All Beef Association RR 3 Site 2 Box 67 Rocky Mountain House, AB T0M 1T0 P: 403-845-5468

Alberta Charolais Association 2320 41 Avenue NE Calgary, AB T2E 6W8 P: 403-250-9242

Alberta Farm Animal Care Cambrian PO Box 75028 Calgary, AB T2K 6J8 P: 403-932-8050

Alberta Galloway Association Box 701 Rimbey, AB T0C 2J0 P: 403-843-2083 ~ 37 ~

Alberta Shorthorn Association Box 939 Castor, AB T0C 0X0 P: 800-387-6909

Alberta Simmental Association Box 570 Bowden, AB T0M 0K0 P: 403-877-7536

Alberta South Devon Association Box 43 Rockglen, SK S0H 3P0 P: 306-476-2303

Alberta Tarantaise Association RR 1 Box 27 Site 12 Didsbury, AB T0M 0W0 P: 403-335-8357

Alberta Texas Longhorn Association R.R. #1 Leduc, AB T9E 2X1 P: 780-387-4874

Alberta Welsh Black Association Box 477 Hanna, AB T0J 1P0 P: 403-853-2135

Canadian Angus Association 142, 6715 - 8 St NE Calgary, AB T2E 7H7 P: 403-571-3580

Canadian Beef Breeds Council 320, 6715 - 8th Street N.E. Calgary, AB T2E 7H7 P: 403-730-0350

Canadian Belgian Blue Association 1489 Concession 1 Lefaivre, ON K0B 1J0 P: 403-578-2188

Canadian Blonde d’Aquitaine Association 2417 Holly Lane Ottawa, ON K1V 0M7 P: 613-731-7110

Canadian Brown Swiss & Braunvieh Association RR 5 Guelph, ON N1H 6J2 P: 519-821-2811

Canadian Bull Congress 4250 Exhibition Drive Camrose, AB T4V 4Z8 P: 780-672-3640

Canadian Cattle Identification Agency #218, 6715 - 8 Street NE Calgary, AB T2E 7H7 P: 877-909-2333

Canadian Cattlemen’s Association 310, 6715 – 8 St. NE Calgary, AB T2E 7H7 P: 403-275-8558

Canadian Charolais Association 2320 – 41 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T2E 6W8 P: 403-250-9242

Canadian Dexter Cattle Association 2417 Holly Lane Ottawa, ON K1V 0M7 P: 613-731-7110

Canadian Galloway Association 2417 Holly Lane Ottawa, ON K1V 0M7 P: 613-731-7110

Canadian Gelbvieh Association 109, 2116 – 27 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T2E 7A6 P: 403-250-8640

Canadian Hays Converter Association 201, 1600 - 15 Ave Calgary, AB T3C 0Y2 P: 403-245-6923

Canadian Red Angus Promotion Society 6015 Park Place Taber, AB T1G 1E9 P: 403-223-8009

Canadian Hereford Association 5160 Skyline Way N.E. Calgary, AB T2E 6V1 P: 403-275-2662

Canadian Red Poll Cattle Association 2417 Holly Lane Ottawa, ON K1V 0M7 P: 613-731-7110

Canadian Highland Cattle Society Site 3 Box 1 R4 4 Calmar, AB T0C 0V0 P: 780-985-2392

Canadian Romagnola Association Box 37 Priddis, AB T0L 1W0 P: 403-931-2415

Canadian Jersey Association 9 - 350 Speedvale Ave West Guelph, ON N1H 7M7 P: 519-821-1020 ext. 23

Canadian Limousin Association #13, 4101 - 19 St NE Calgary, AB T2E 7C4 P: 403-253-7309

Canadian Lincoln Red Association 109 Pothier Road, RR 1 St. Charles, ON P0M 2W0 P: 705-867-2291

Canadian Lowline Cattle Association 1625 - 184 St Edmonton, AB T6M 2R1 P: 780-487-0872

Canadian Luing Cattle Association Blacketlees Farm, RR 4 Rimbey, AB T0C 2J0 P: 403-843-0094

Canadian Maine-Anjou Association 5160 Skyline Way N.E. Calgary, AB T2E 6V1 P: 403-291-7077

Canadian Shorthorn Association Box 3771 Regina, SK S4P 3N8 P: 306-757-2212

Canadian Simmental Association #13, 4101 - 19 St NE Calgary, AB T2E 7C4 P: 403-250-7979

Canadian South Devon Association Box 68 Lipton, SK S0G 3B0 P: 306-336-2666

Canadian Speckle Park Association Box 5032 Spruce Grove, AB T7X 3A2 P: 780-934-6682

Canadian Tarantaise Association Box 1156 Shellbrook, SK S0J 2E0 P: 800-450-4181

Canadian Wagyu Association

Canadian Marchigiana Association Box 37 Priddis, AB T0L 1W0 P: 403-931-2415

3501 - 57 St Camrose, AB T4V 4N2 P: 780-672-2990

Canadian Welsh Black Association

Canadian Murray Grey Association Box 2093 Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 P: 403-742-3843

Box 477 Hanna, AB T0J 1P0 P: 403-854-2135

Feeder Associations of Alberta

Canadian Parthenaise Association 2417 Holly Lane Ottawa, ON K1V 0M7 P: 613-731-7110

Box 4190 Barrhead, AB T7N 1A2 P: 780-674-5381

North American Lincoln Red Association

Canadian Piedmontese Association RR 3 Lacombe, AB T0C 1S0 P: 403-782-2657

9724 County Rd 138 SE Chatfield, MN, USA 55923 P: 507-867-9041

Salers Association of Canada

Canadian Pinzgauer Association RR 2, Site 16, Box 8 Olds, AB T4H 1P3 P: 403-507-2255

Suite 1, 517 - 10 Ave South Carstairs, AB T0M 0N0 P: 403-337-5851

Verified Beef Production Program P: 866-242-7404 ~ 38 ~

Western Stock Growers Association 101, 2116 – 27 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T2E 7A6 P: 403-250-9121

�� LIVESTOCK - EQUINE �� Alberta Clydesdale Horse Association Box 33 Fawcett, AB T0G 0Y0 P: 780-954-3801

10 Lowe Avenue Fort Saskatchewan, AB T8L 2K9

Appaloosa Horse Association of Alberta Box 52157, 311-16 Ave NE Calgary, AB T2E 8K9 P: 403-936-2766

Appaloosa Horse Club of Canada

Alberta Fjord Horse Association Box 35 Site 1 RR2 Sundre, AB T0M 1X0 P: 403-638-2018

Box 940 Claresholm, AB T0L 0T0 P: 403-625-3326

Aurora Arabian Horse Association

Alberta Friesian Horse Association RR #1, Site 4, Box 7 Lacombe, AB T4L 2N1 P: 403-885-0345

Box 57147 Eastgate Postal Outlet Sherwood Park, AB T8A 5L7 P: 780-467-6121

Calgary Arabian Horse Association

Alberta Hunter Horse Society 823 Lake Emerald PI SE Calgary, AB T2J 2J9 P: 403-204-3040

Alberta Morgan Horse Club RR 3 Rimbey, AB T0C 2V0 P: 403-843-6427

Alberta Paint Horse Club Box 92 Winfield, AB T0C 2X0 P: 780-682-3911

Alberta Quarter Horse Breeders Group Box 11444 Lloydminster, AB T9V 3B7 P: 866-788-4366

Alberta Shire Club

RR 2 Didsbury, AB T0M 0W0 P: 403-335-9609

Alberta Standardbred Horse Association B15 6020 2 Street SE Calgary, AB T2H 2L8 P: 403-263-7765

American Saddlebred Horse Association of Canada RR 1 Penhold, AB T0M 1R0 P: 403-446-4662

American Saddlebred Horse Association of Alberta

204 Hunters Place Okotoks, AB T0L 1T4 P: 403-246-3159

Calgary Regional Appaloosa Club Box 33 Site 4 RR 7 Calgary, AB T2P 2G7 P: 403-936-6160

Canadian Arabian Horse Registry 220 9743 51 Ave Edmonton, AB T6E 4W8 P: 780-436-4244

Canadian Belgian Association Box 53 Site 400 RR 4 Stony Plain, AB T7Z 1X4 P: 780-963-2851

Canadian Donkey & Mule Association Box 341 Nanton, AB T0L 1R0 P: 403-395-2348

Canadian Horse Breeders Association Box 257 Winfield, AB T0C 2X0 P: 780-682-2108

Canadian Morgan Horse Association Box 128 Galahad, AB T0B 1R0 P: 780-583-2128

Canadian Percheron Association Box 1414 Stettler, AB T0C 2J0 P: 403-742-4880

Canadian Pinto Horse Association 26117 Hwy 16A Acheson, AB T7X 5A2 P: 780-470-3786

Canadian Registry of the Tennessee Walking Horse 619 Lake Linnet Cres SE Calgary, AB T2J 2J3 P: 403-271-7391

Canadian Shire Horse Association Box 631 Wimborne, AB T0M 2G0 P: 403-631-2140

Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society 401 255 17 Ave SW Calgary, AB T2S 2T8 P: 403-229-3609

Canadian Trakehner Horse Society #5 26213 Township Road 512 Spruce Grove, AB T7Y 1C6 P: 780-987-4394

Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders RR 9 Box 18 Site 7 Calgary, AB T5J 5G5 P: 403-201-5996

Chinook Arabian Horse Association P: 403-647-2544

Minature Horse Association of Canada Box 6604 Wetaskiwin, AB T9A 2G3 P: 780-352-7917

Parkland Arabian Horse Association Site 17 Box 8 RR 1 Red Deer, AB T4N 5E1 P: 403-885-2651

Canadian Horse Rocky Mt. District Box 26 Brule, AB T0E 0C0 P: 780-856-4021

Peruvian Horse Association of Canada General Delivery Lyalta, AB T0J 1Y0 P: 403-935-4435

Would you like an electronic version of this directory? You can download a copy from our website at www.farmandranchdirectory.com or you can phone (1-888-628-6602) or email (info@FarmAndRanchDirectory.com) us and we’d be happy to mail you a CD.

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Peruvian Horse Club of Alberta Box 1449 Cochrane, AB T4C 1B4 P: 403-932-2832

Quarter Horse Association of Alberta RR 2 Innisfail, AB T4G 1G7 P: 403-227-5610

Welsh Pony & Cob Society of Alberta Box 7 Site 13 RR 1 DeWinton, AB T0L 0X0 P: 403-256-1980

Western Canadian Connemara Association Box 53A RR 1 Edmonton, AB T6H 4N6 P: 780-955-2097

Wild Rose Arabian Horse Association Box 2096 Stony Plain, AB T7Z 1X6 P: 780-674-2072

Wild Rose Draft Horse Association Box 96 Turner Valley, AB T0L 2A0 P: 403-933-5765

�� LIVESTOCK - OTHER �� Alberta Donkey & Mule Club 6209 - 35 Ave Camrose, AB T4V 3M7 P: 403-783-5210

Alberta Goat Breeders Association Box 330 Hay Lakes, AB T0B 1W0 P: 780-878-3814

Alberta Pork Congress PO Box 89068 Calgary, AB T2Z 3W3 P: 403-244-7821

Alberta Sheep Breeders Association Box 1 Kathyrn, AB T0M 1E0 P: 866-96-SHEEP

Canadian Llama & Alpaca Registry 2320 – 41 Ave NE Calgary, AB T2E 6W8 P: 800-717-5262

Canadian Meat Goat Association Box 61 Annaheim, SK S0K 0G0 P: 306-598-4322

Southern Alberta Rabbit Breeders Association Ruth Blazenko E: rblazenko@shaw.ca

�� NATURE & WILDLIFE �� Alberta Bow Hunters Association P: 403-309-7221

Alberta Chapter Of The Wildlife Society Box 4990 Edmonton, AB T6E 5G8 P: 403-845-8235

Trout Unlimited Canada Suite 160, 6712 Fisher Street SE Calgary, AB T2H 2A7 P: 800-909-6040

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Alberta Conservation Association 101 – 9 Chippewa Road Sherwood Park, AB T8A 6J7 P: 877-969-9091

Alberta Fish & Game Association 6924 - 104 Street Edmonton, AB T6H 2L7 P: 780-437-2342

Alberta Hunter Education Instructors’ Association 911 Sylvester Crescent, SW Calgary, AB T2W 0R8 P: 866-852-4342

Alberta Outfitters Association Box 277 Caroline, AB T0M 0M0 P: 800-742-5548

Alberta Professional Outfitters Society #103 6030-88 St. Edmonton, AB T6E 6G4 P: 780-414-0249

Alberta Traditional Bowhunters Association Box 132, Site 1, RR 2 Tofield, AB T0B 4J0 P: 780-662-9342

PO Box 707 Kirriemuir AB T0C 1R0 P: 403-552-3752 E: craig@positive-perfection.com W: www.positive-perfection.com

�� Recycling �� Empire Metals Inc.

P: 403-618-4288 E: empiremetalsinc@gmail.com W: www.empiremetals.ca See our advertisement on page 60

�� REGULATORY �� Agricultural Products Marketing Council 305 J. G. O’ Donoghue Building 7000 - 113 Street Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6 P: 780-427-2164

Alberta Association of Municipal Districts & Counties (AAMDC)

Alberta Trappers’ Association Ltd. #2, 9919 - 106 Street Westlock, AB T7P 2K1 P: 780-349-6626

Canadian Outdoor Heritage Alliance PO Box 211, Etobicoke B, Etobicoke, ON M9W 4K0 P: 877-667-COHA (2642)

Fish and Wildlife Division Main Floor, 9920 108 Street Edmonton, AB T5K 2M4 P: 780-944-0313

Hunting For Tomorrow Foundation #87, 4003 - 98th Street Edmonton, AB T6E 6M8 P: 780-462-2444

My Wild Alberta Main Floor, Great West Life Building Edmonton, AB T5K 2M4 P: 877-944-0313 ~ 40 ~

2510 Sparrow Drive Nisku, AB T9E 8N5 P: 780-955-3639

Beekeeping Registration and Permits Provincial Apiculturist Edmonton, AB T5Y 6H3 P: 780-415-2314

Farm Implement Act Administration c/o Farmers’ Advocate Office (FAO) 305, 7000 - 113 Street Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6 P: 780-427-2433

Livestock Identification Services Ltd 109, 264 Midpark Way S.E. Calgary, AB T2X 1J6 P: 866-509-2088

Women’s Institute Application to Incorporate P: 780-427-4311

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Agricultural Research and Extension Council of Alberta #211 - 2 Athabascan Avenue Sherwood Park, AB T8A 4E3 P: 780-416-6046

Chinook Applied Research Association Box 690 Oyen, AB T0J 2J0 P: 403-664-3777

Grey Wooded Forage Association Box 1448, 5039 – 45 St. Rocky Mountain House, AB T4T 1B1 P: 403-844-2645

Just Food Edmonton

P: 780-752-4595 E: info@foodforalledmonton.org

Peace Country Beef and Forage Association Box 3000 Fairview, AB T0H 1L0 P: 780-835-6799

Smoky Applied Research and Demonstration Association Box 90 Falher, AB T0H 1M0 P: 780-837-2900

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Tips For a Healthy Lawn Ideally, mow your grass at least half an inch above the first leaf at 2.5 to 3 inches from the ground. It will weather drought better which means a greener healthier looking lawn. Sharpen blades at least once a year. A sharp blade will reduce the stress on the roots of the grass as well as the mower. Fertilize the lawn sparingly when it looks like it needs it (e.g. pale colors or weak roots). Compost from organic household material or steer manure works well. A quick pass with the Valmar also works but remember to check the correct rates before application. Bags of Lawn specific fertilizer may have a different concentration of nutrients than those for agricultural use. Water sparingly: As a general rule one hour of watering once a week is enough to keep your lawn happy. Enjoy! (More information available at http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex8585)

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Agriculture Financial Services Corporation Central Office 5718 - 56 Avenue Lacombe, AB T4L 1B1 P: 1-877-899-AFSC (2372)

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AFSC - Cardston Provincial Building, 576 Main Street Cardston, AB T0K 0K0 P: 403-653-5154 403-653-5138 (lending)

AFSC - Castor 4902 50 Avenue (PO 719) Castor, AB T0C 0X0 P: 403-882-3770

AFSC - Claresholm Provincial Building, 109 46 Avenue West Claresholm, AB T0L 0T0 P: 403-625-3534 403-625-1462 (lending)

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AFSC - Drumheller

111 Railway Avenue West (PO 2319) P: 403-823-3042 403-823-1677 (lending) 403-823-1696 (BRM)

AFSC - Edmonton

Rm 100 JG Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donoghue Building 7000 - 113 Street Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6 P: 780-427-2140

AFSC - Edson

Provincial Building, 111-54 Street Edson, AB T7E 1T2 P: 780-723-8233 780-723-8233 (lending)

AFSC - Fairview

Provincial Building, 10209 109 Street Fairview, AB T0H 1L0 P: 780-835-2703 780-835-4975 (lending) 780-835-2295 (BRM)

AFSC - Falher

701 Main Street (PO 658) Falher, AB T0H 1M0 P: 780-837-2521

AFSC - Foremost

218 Main Street (PO 37) Foremost, AB T0K 0X0 P: 403-867-3666

AFSC - Fort Saskatchewan

8818 111 Street (part time office) Fort Saskatchewan, AB T8L 4G8 P: 780-997-6483

AFSC - Fort Vermilion

5101 River Road (PO Box 487) Fort Vermilion, AB T0H 1N0 P: 780-927-4209 780-927-3715 (lending)

AFSC - Grande Prairie

102, 10625 West Side Drive Grande Prairie, AB T8V 8E6 P: 780-538-5355 780-538-5220 (lending) 780-538-5234 (BRM)

AFSC - High River

129 4 Avenue SW (PO 5208) High River, AB T1V 1M4 P: 403-652-8313

AFSC - Lacombe

105 - 4425 Heritage Way Lacombe, AB T4L 2P4 P: 403-782-6800

AFSC - LaCrete

9501 100 Street (part time office) LaCrete, AB T0H 2H0 P: 780-928-2849

AFSC - Lamont

5014 50 Avenue (PO 487) Lamont, AB T0B 2R0 P: 780-895-2266 780-895-2459 (lending)

AFSC - Leduc

6547 Sparrow Drive Leduc, AB T9E 7C7 P: 780-986-4088 780-986-0999 (lending)

AFSC - Lethbridge

200 905 4 Avenue S Lethbridge, AB T1J 0P4 P: 403-381-5240 403-381-5102 (lending) 403-382-4383 (BRM)

AFSC - Lloydminster

Provincial Building 5124 50 Street (part time office) Lloydminister, AB T9V 0M3 P: 780-853-8260 (Vermilion)

AFSC - Manning

116 4 Avenue SW (PO 147) Manning, AB T0H 2M0 P: 780-836-3573

AFSC - Medicine Hat

#111 - 7 Strachan Bay SE Medicine Hat, AB T1B 4Y2 P: 403-488-4509 403-488-4508 (lending) 403-488-4507 (BRM)

AFSC - Olds

Provincial Building, 101 5030 50 Street Olds, AB T4H 1S1 P: 403-556-4334 403-556-4222 (lending) 403-556-4263 (BRM)

AFSC - Grimshaw

5306 50 Street (PO 802) Grimshaw, AB T0H 1W0 P: 780-332-4494

AFSC - Hanna

Provincial Building, 401 Center Street Hanna, AB T0J 1P0 P: 403-854-5525 403-854-5505 (lending)

AFSC - Oyen

201 Main Street (PO 426) Oyen, AB T0J 2J0 P: 403-617-7225

AFSC - Peace River

AFSC - High Prairie

Provincial Building, 5226 53 Avenue High Prairie, AB T0G 1E0 P: 780-523-6507 ~ 42 ~

Bag 900 - 23 9809 98 Avenue Peace River, AB T8S 1J5 P: 780-624-6387

Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (continued) AFSC - Ponoka Provincial Building, 5110 49 Avenue Ponoka, AB T4J 1R5 P: 403-783-7071 403-783-7011 (lending)

AFSC - Provost Provincial Building, 5419 44 Street (PO 716) Provost, AB T0B 3S0 P: 780-753-2150

AFSC - Red Deer #1, 7710 50 Avenue Red Deer, AB T4P 2A5 P: 403-340-5379 403-340-5326 (lending)

AFSC - Rimbey Provincial Building, 5025 55 Street (PO 888) Rimbey, AB T0C 2J0 P: 403-843-4516

AFSC Rocky Mountain House Provincial Bldg (old) 4934 50 Street (part time office) Rocky Mountain House, AB T4T 1B1 403-846-0006 (Lending)

AFSC - Sedgewick 4701 48 Avenue (PO 266) Sedgewick, AB T0B 4C0 P: 780-384-3880

AFSC - Smoky Lake Provincial Building, 108 Wheatland Avenue Smoky Lake, AB T0A 3C0 P: 780-656-3644

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AFSC - Spirit River

Provincial Building, 4602 50 Street Spirit River, AB T0H 3G0 P: 780-864-3896 780-864-4244 (lending)

AFSC - St. Paul

Provincial Building, 5025 49 Avenue St Paul, AB T0A 3A4 P: 780-645-6221 780-645-6453 (lending) 5020 50 Street Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 P: 403-740-4200 403-740-4209 (lending)

AFSC - Stony Plain

Provincial Building, 4709 44 Avenue Stony Plain, AB T7Z 1N4 P: 780-963-0600 780-963-4720 (lending) 780-968-4952 (BRM)

AFSC - Strathmore

325 3 Avenue Strathmore, AB T1P 1B4 P: 403-934-3616 403-934-5353 (lending) 403-361-9637 (BRM)

AFSC - Taber

Provincial Building, 5011 49 Avenue (PO Box 4) Taber, AB T1G 1V9 P: 403-223-7900 403-223-7920 (lending)

AFSC - Thorhild

County Administration Building, 801 1 Street Thorhild, AB T0A 3J0 P: 780-398-3933

Christian Credit Union Ltd.

1st Choice Savings and Credit Union Ltd.

Eckville District Savings & Credit Union Ltd

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Beaumont Credit Union Ltd. Beaumont, AB Ph:780-929-8561

Bow Valley Credit Union Ltd. Cochrane, AB Ph:403-932-4693

Caisse Horizon Credit Union Ltd. Peace River, AB Ph:780-624-5850

Chinook Credit Union Ltd. Brooks, AB Ph:403-362-4233

AFSC - Valleyview Provincial Building, 5102 50 Avenue (Box 1046) Valleyview, AB T0H 3N0 P: 780-524-3838 Vinetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Village Mall, 138 4925 50 Avenue Vegreville, AB T9C 1S6 P: 780-603-2332

AFSC - Vermilion Provincial Building, 4701 52 Street (PO 10) Vermilion, AB T9X 1J9 P: 780-853-8266 780-853-8238 (BRM)

AFSC - Vulcan 102 1 Street S (PO 847) Vulcan, AB T0L 2B0 P: 403-485-2766 403-485-5141 (lending)

AFSC - Wainwright Provincial Building, 810 14 Avenue Wainwright, AB T9W 1R2 P: 780-842-7547 780-842-7542 (lending)

AFSC - Westlock Provincial Building, #2 10003 100 Street Westlock, AB T7P 2E8 P: 780-349-4544 780-349-4529 (lending) 780-349-6253 (BRM)

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Battle River Credit Union Ltd.

Provincial Building, 160 3 Avenue South Three Hills, AB T0M 2A0 P: 403-443-8515 403-443-8510 (lending)

AFSC - Vegreville

AFSC - Stettler

Alberta Credit Unions Serving Agribusinesses

Lethbridge, AB Ph:403-320-4600

AFSC - Three Hills

Edmonton, AB Ph:780-426-7165 Eckville, AB Ph:403-746-2288

Edson Savings and Credit Union Ltd. Edson, AB Ph:780-723-4468

First Calgary Savings and Credit Union Ltd. Calgary, AB Ph:403-230-2783

Rocky Credit Union Ltd. Rocky Mountain House, AB Ph:403-845-2861

Rolling Hills Savings and Credit Union Ltd. Rolling Hills, AB Ph:403-964-3912

Servus Credit Union Ltd. Edmonton, AB Ph:780-496-2000 Lloydminster, AB Ph: 780-875-4434 Red Deer, AB Ph: 403-343-0144

Lakeland Credit Union Ltd.

Vermillion Credit Union Ltd.

Mountain View Credit Union Ltd.

Wainwright Credit Union Ltd.

Pincher Creek Credit Union Ltd.

Wetaskiwin Credit Union Ltd.

Bonnyville, AB Ph:780-826-3377 Olds, AB Ph:403-556-3591

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Vermillion, AB Ph:780-853-2822 Wainwright, AB Ph:780-842-9184 Wetaskiwin, AB Ph:780-352-2251

TD Canada Trust Agriculture Services Agriculture Industry Banking Specialists W: www.tdcanadatrust.com/agriculture

District Managers for Agriculture Services: Southern Alberta - Mike McGuire ph: 403-393-5349 email: mike.mcguire@td.com Central Alberta - Troy Packet ph: 780-361-3231 email: troy.packet@td.com Northern Alberta - Shane O'Neill ph: 780-305-1433 email: shane.o'neill@td.com

�� SERVICES - LEGAL �� Miller Thomson LLP - Calgary 3000, 700-9th Avenue S.W. Calgary, AB T2P 3V4 P: 403-298-2400

Miller Thomson LLP - Edmonton 2700 Commerce Place, 10155-102 St Edmonton, AB T5J 4G8 P: 403-429-1751

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�� SPECIAL INTEREST �� Alberta Federation of REAs Ltd.

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�� Services - Fuel & Lubricants �� Neufeld Petroleum and Propane Conklin, AB P: 780-623-6525 Drayton Valley, AB P: 780-542-6110 Edson, AB P: 780-712-6111 Fairview, AB P: 780-835-5557 Foremost, AB P: 403-223-8844 Fort Nelson, BC P: 250-774-6111 Fort St. John, BC P: 250-785-5000 Grande Prairie, AB P: 780-814-6111 High Level, AB P: 780-926-4201

High Prairie, AB P: 780-523-3808 La Crete, AB P: 780-928-3663 Peace River, AB P: 780-624-2800 Rainbow Lake, AB P: 780-956-3511 Red Earth Creek, AB P: 780-649-6111 Slave Lake, AB P: 780-849-5599 Taber, AB P: 403-223-8844 Whitecourt, AB P:780-779-2523 Zama City, AB P: 780-926-4201

100, 115 Portage Close Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2R5 P: 877-717-3398

Alberta Surface Rights Federation P: 780-672-6021

Canadian Farmers for Justice R.R. #4 Lacombe, AB T0C 1S0 P: 403-885-5190

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#102, 115 Portage Close Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2R5 P: 780-416-6530 or 888-616-6530 E: wrap@planet.eon.net W: www.wrap.ab.ca EXECUTIVE President: Humphrey Banack 780-672-6068 1st VP: Lynn Jacobson 403-739-2153 2nd VP: Russell Wolf 403-746-3622 See our advertisement on page 44

�� TOURISM �� Alberta Country Vacations Association P: 866-217-2282

Alberta’s Kananaskis P: 888-897-3777

Bellevue Underground Mine Box 1740, Blairmore Post Office Crowsnest Pass, AB T0K 0E0 P: 403-564-4700

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Communities Without Boundaries c/o The Hanna Learning Centre 401 Centre Street, Box 1255 Hanna, AB T0J 1P0 P: 888-854-2099

National Farmers Union 2717 Wentz Ave. Saskatoon, SK S7K 4B6 P: 306-652-9465

4803-50 Ave Camrose, AB T4V 0S1 P: 780-672-2710

Branding the Peace Country Association 9816 98th Avenue Peace River, AB T8S 1J5 P: 780-832-5936

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Chinook Country Tourist Association 2805 Scenic Drive Lethbridge, AB T1K 5B7 P: 800-661-1222

Edmonton Regional Tourism Group #1240 10123 - 99 Street Edmonton, AB T5J 3H1 P: 780-761-0062

Mighty Peace Tourist Association P: 800-215-4535

The Cowboy Trail Tourism Association #2310, 825-8ave. SW Calgary, AB T2P 2T3 P: 866-627-3051

Tourism Calgary

200 - 238 - 11 Ave S.E. Calgary, AB T2G 0X8 P: 800-661-1678

Travel Alberta

P.O. Box 2500 Edmonton, AB T5J 2Z4 P: 800-ALBERTA (252-3782)

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�� YOUTH & LEADERSHIP ��

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Girl Guides of Canada Alberta Community & Co-operative Association #104, 5013-48 St Stony Plain, AB T7Z IL8 P: 780-963-3766 E: acca@acca.coop W: www.acca.coop

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Agriculture Updates Statuses and Perception Alike How young producers are reaching consumers, and each other, through social media By Megan Oleksyn

Facebook and Twitter are not just for sharing pictures from the beach or comments about a new restaurant anymore. As the new generation of young farmers grows to be advocates for the agriculture industry, new, popular and proactive means of reaching consumers have presented themselves. The younger generation is jumping online and delving into the world of social media using applications such as Facebook, Twitter and blogs to help bridge the gap between themselves and their consumer, recognizing the benefits of utilizing these mediums to promote our industry and educate the consumer. “I have not only used Twitter and Facebook to network, find agricultural organizations and events or to stay in contact with people I met at conferences, but I have used it to voice my opinion in a professional setting,” states Tony Jeglum, Lacombe area producer. “Even the government is recognizing the value in social media and recently used Facebook to conduct a live roundtable forum with youth in agriculture on a variety of issues – and they got a great turnout and we had some great discussions.” With millions of users on Twitter and Facebook daily, Canadian producers and businesses have the opportunity to engage and educate the urban populace who, for the most part, are far removed from agriculture and food production and are exposed only to the mass media depiction of agriculture, which is almost never positive or 100% accurate. Many young advocate organizations such as Advocates for Agriculture, the Future Ag Business Builders, and the Canadian Young Farmers Forum have created Facebook groups and twitter accounts to remain in contact with their current members, raise awareness about their organization to garner new members and to inform the public about their activities. As new and growing challenges to food production present themselves (such as anti-meat eating activists voicing their opinions online), agriculture social media enables producers to engage in these online debates to share their side of the story and better educate the consumer on current farm practices. There are many blogs that positively portray agriculture and its producers, such as realagriculture.com, and young producers often turn to these blogs to remain current on issues and technology within our sector. After all, we are the experts and offer the best voice for agriculture, and if we don’t voice our opinions, and more importantly, clarify the facts, an activist group will remain the only voice that the consumer finds when searching the web. Farmers are building unlikely online relationships by tweeting directly from the field and the barn, via BlackBerry and smart phones. By bypassing the mass media and speaking directly and personally to those not involved in primary production, we are creating awareness and effectively breaking down barriers in communication and understanding with our consumers and each other. Megan Oleksyn is the founder of southpaw communications. You can contact Megan at 780-678-0559 or getleft@southpawcommunications.ca.

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Events Calendar

Alberta’s Agriculture & Rural Events Calendar - Sorted by Region Date

Event Title

Town

Southern Region May 28

Pioneer Acres Spring Tractor Pull

Irricana

3-5

Hand Hills Lake Stampede

Craigmyle

Prairie Tractor Club Spring Tractor Pull

Picture Butte

10-11

CPRA Rodeo

Brooks

17-19

WPCA Chuckwagon Races

Drumheller

23-26

CPRA Rodeo

High River

23-26

WPCA Chuckwagon Races

High River

28-July 2

CPRA Rodeo

Airdrie

Blackie Antique Tractor Pull

Blackie

8-17

Calgary Stampede

Calgary

8-17

WPCA Chuckwagon Races

Calgary

9-10

Vintage Tractor Pull & Show and Shine

Calgary

14-16

CPRA Rodeo

Taber

15-16

CARA Rodeo

Carstairs

27-30

Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede

Medicine Hat

27-Aug 1

CPRA Rodeo

Strathmore

28-Aug 1

Strathmore Heritage Days Stampede

Strathmore

28-Aug 1

WPCA Chuckwagon Races

Strathmore

29-31

Heritage Acres Annual Show

Pincher Creek

3-6

Cardston Heritage Days

Cardston

5-7

Irricana Annual Reunion and Show

Irricana

CPRA Rodeo

Irricana

Crossroads Open Horse Show

Oyen

Hanna District 4-H Beef Achievement Day

Oyen

19-21

Prairie Tractor Club Threshing Show

Picture Butte

19-21

CPRA Rodeo

Pincher Creek

23-27

Whoop-Up Days

Lethbridge

25-27

CPRA Rodeo

Lethbridge

Travis Winquist Memorial Challenge Bronc Riding

Oyen

2-4

CPRA Rodeo

Okotoks

10-11

Wrangler Jr. High Rodeo

Oyen

Prairie Tractor Club Fundraiser & Tractor Pull

Picture Butte

23-25

CPRA Rodeo

Hanna

ACCA’s Ag Update for Professionals

Medicine Hat

June

July

August

September

October 27

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Events Calendar (continued)

Alberta’s Agriculture & Rural Events Calendar - Sorted by Region Date October (continued) 28

Event Title

Town

ACCA’s Ag Update for Professionals

Lethbridge

ACCA’s Ag Update for Professionals

Calgary

Texas Longhorn Sale

Oyen

2-3

Night in Bethlehem

Oyen

Family Fest New Years Eve

Lethbridge

November

December

Central Region May 19-23

AHA Parkland Spring Shows I & II

Red Deer

21-22

Thorsby Haymaker Rodeo

Thorsby

21-24

Arabian Horse Association Spring Show I & II

Red Deer

26-29

Quarter Horse Show

Red Deer

27-28

CARA Rodeo

Alder Flats

3-4

CARA Rodeo

Eckville

3-5

4H Horse Show

Red Deer

4-5

Double Tree Village Pioneer Days Festival

Spruce View

4-6

4H Beef Show

Red Deer

9-12

Reining Alberta Spring Classic

Red Deer

10-12

CPRA Rodeo

Rocky Mountain House

10-12

Wetaskiwin Rawhide Rodeo

Wetaskiwin

11-12

CARA Rodeo

Bashaw

11-12

Olds Antique Tractor Days

Olds

15-19

CPRA Rodeo

Innisfail

17-19

Red Deer Classic Horse Show

Red Deer

AMTA Provincial Truck Driving Championships

Red Deer

18-19

CARA Rodeo

Gimlet

18-19

Lacombe Annual Vintage Equipment Show

Lacombe

CPRA Rodeo

Coronation

23-26

CPRA Rodeo

Wainwright

24-26

CPRA Rodeo

Sundre

25-26

CARA Rodeo

Cranberry Lake

25-26

Markerville Pioneer Days

Markerville

27-July 3

Ponoka Stampede

Ponoka

28-July 3

WPCA Chuckwagon Races

Ponoka

Delburne Antique Tractor Pull

Delburne

1-3

Central Alberta Draft Horse Classic

Olds

1-3

Reining Alberta

Red Deer

June

July

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Events Calendar (continued)

Alberta’s Agriculture & Rural Events Calendar - Sorted by Region Date

Event Title

Town

July (continued) 1-3

CARA Rodeo

Rio Grande

2-3

Edgerton Tractor Show and Tractor Pull

Edgerton

8-10

CPRA Rodeo

Benalto

8-10

Big West Quarter Horse & All Breed Show

Drayton Velley

9-10

CARA Rodeo

Rimbey

11-16

Rock the Ring Youth Livestock

Olds

16-17

The Three Hills Tractor Pull

Three Hills

20-24

Westerner Days Fair and Exposition

Red Deer

23-24

CARA Rodeo

Bowden

26-31

Wild Rose Quarter Horse Show

Red Deer

29-31

CARA Rodeo

Tees

30-31

Leslieville Antique Days

Leslieville

30-Aug 1

Western Canada Chapter 38 International Harvester Club Show

Lacombe

2-6

AHA Region 17 Championship Show

Red Deer

4-7

Bentley Agricultural Society Fair and Rodeo

Bentley

5-6

CARA Rodeo

Bentley

5-7

Olds Chuckwagon and Chariot Classic

Olds

Junior Rodeo

Wetaskiwin

CARA Rodeo

Winfield

15-16

Sunnybrook Farm Museum Vintage Tractor Pull

Red Deer

15-21

Olds Cutter’s Classic

Olds

18-21

Western Canadian Championship Horse Show

Red Deer

18-21

WPCA Chuckwagon Races

Rocky Mountain House

19-20

Didsbury FCA Rodeo

Didsbury

Priddis and Millarville Fair

Millarville

20-21

Sunnybrook Farm Museum Pioneeer Days

Red Deer

The Didsbury Tractor Pull

Didsbury

23-28

Canadian National Quarter Horse Show

Red Deer

24-28

Alberta Barrel Racing Finals

Camrose

25-28

WPCA Chuckwagon Races

Bashaw

3-4

Reynolds - Alberta Museum Harvest Festival

Wetaskiwin

15-16

Dressage Provincials

Red Deer

16-18

Quarter Horse Assoc. Of Alberta Final Show

Olds

Camrose Machinery and Old Fashioned Day

Camrose

25-Oct 1

Canadian Supreme Horse Show

Red Deer

30-Oct 2

Olds Fall Classic Beef Show

Olds

Westerner Championship Dairy Showcase

Red Deer

August

September

October 27-29

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Events Calendar (continued)

Alberta’s Agriculture & Rural Events Calendar - Sorted by Region Date

Event Title

Town

November 1

ACCA’s Ag Update for Professionals

9-12

Agri-Trade

Red Deer Red Deer

North Central Region May 28

Leduc Country Swap Meet & Tractor Pull

Leduc

4-5

Westlock Antique Tractor and Machinery Club Show

Westlock

10-12

Aurora AHA Summer Show

Edmonton

4H Cattle Show and Sale

Newbrook

Colchester Open Horse Show and Gymkhana

Sherwood Park

1-3

Wild Rose Arabian Horse Show

Edmonton

23-24

Leduc West Antique Society’s Annual Exposition

Leduc

23-26

WPCA Chuckwagon Races

Edmonton

CPRA Rodeo

Bruce

27-28

Strathcona Vintage Tractor Pull

Ardrossan

TBD

Bruderheim Heartland Ag Days

Bruderheim

Leduc West Antique Society’s Annual Fall Harvest Fair

Leduc

ACCA’s Ag Update for Professionals

Edmonton

4-13

Farmfair International

Edmonton

9-13

CPRA Canadian Finals Rodeo

Edmonton

17-18

Green Industry Show and Conference

Edmonton

June

July

August

September 10 October 31 November

North East Region May 27-28

CPRA Rodeo

Bonnyville

3-5

WPCA Chuckwagon Races

Dewberry

17-19

CPRA Rodeo

Cold Lake

Lloydminster Canada Day Fair

Lloydminster

13-15

WPCA Chuckwagon Races

Lloydminster

13-16

Lloydminster Colonial Days Fair

Lloydminster

Antique Tractor Pull

Vermillion

4-6

Clandonald Country Fair

Clandonald

4-7

Bonnyville Chuckwagon Championship

Bonnyville

June

July

August

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Events Calendar (continued)

Alberta’s Agriculture & Rural Events Calendar - Sorted by Region Date

Event Title

Town

October 25

ACCA’s Ag Update for Professionals

Lloydminster

North West Region May 29

Yoho Museum Annual Day

Peers

CPRA Rodeo

Wildwood

7-8

CPRA Rodeo

La Crete

Barnburner Music Fest

Darwell

17-20

CPRA Jasper Heritage Rodeo

Jasper

June 3-4 August

Peace Region May 24-29

Grande Prairie Stompede

Grande Prairie

25-29

WPCA Chuckwagon Races

Grande Prairie

All Breed Horse Show

Valleyview

16-17

CPRA Rodeo

Peace River

16-17

South Peace Pioneer Days

Beaverlodge

16-17

CPRA Rodeo

Teepee Creek

Manning Heritage Day Celebration

Manning

2-3

CPRA Rodeo

High Prairie

6-7

CPRA Rodeo

Grimshaw

10-14

WPCA Chuckwagon Races

Dawson Creek. BC

12-14

Agricultural Fair

Valleyview

12-14

Model Horse Show

Valleyview

12-14

Pancake Breakfast

Valleyview

12-14

Rabbit Show

Valleyview

12-14

Ranch Horse Competition

Valleyview

12-14

RCMP Musical Ride

Valleyview

12-14

Rodeo Dance

Valleyview

12-14

Valleyview Parade

Valleyview

12-14

Valleyview Rodeo

Valleyview

27-29

Peace River Fall Classic Horse Show & Fair

Peace River

ACCA’s Ag Update for Professionals

Grande Prairie

June 3-4 July

August

October 24

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Index 1st Choice Savings and Credit Union Ltd. ��43 ACCA Co-operative Leadership Award ��14 Acme & District Agricultural Socity �� 4 Ag-Info Centre ��37 Agricultural Operations Practice Act ��37 Agricultural Processing Industry Directory ��37 Agricultural Products Marketing Council ��40 Agricultural Research and Extension Council ��41 Agricultural Research Fund ��36 Agricultural Technology Centre ��36 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada ��36 Agriculture and Food Council of Alberta ��36 Africulture Fieldman ��12 Agriculture Financial Services Corporation - AFSC ��42 Agriculture in the Classroom Program ��17 Agriculture Technology Centre ��37 AgriFoods International Co-operatives Ltd. ��15 Agri-News ��37 AgriProfit$ Program ��17 Agrivalue Fund ��36 Airdrie & District Agricultural Society �� 4 Alberta 4-H ��45 Alberta Agricultural Economics Association ��13 Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development ��36 Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame ��14 Alberta Angus Association ��37 Alberta Association of Agricultural Societies ��13 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts & Counties (AAMDC) ��40 Alberta Barley Commission ��14 Alberta Barrel Racing Association (ABRA) ��13 Alberta Beach & District Agriculture Society �� 4 Alberta Beef Producers ��14 Alberta Beekeepers ��14 Alberta Blonde d’Aquitaine Association ��37 Alberta Bow Hunters Association ��40 Alberta Branch, Canadian Seed Growers’ Association ��14 Alberta Canada All Beef Association ��37 Alberta Canola Producers Commission ��14 Alberta Century Farm & Ranch Award ��14 Alberta Chapter Of The Wildlife Society ��40 Alberta Charolais Association ��37 Alberta Chicken Producers ��15 Alberta Clydesdale Horse Association ��39 Alberta Community & Co-operative Association ��13 Alberta Community Economic Development Network ��15 Alberta Conservation Association ��40 Alberta Conservation Tillage Society II ��25 Alberta Corn Committee ��15 Alberta Country Vacations Association ��44 Alberta Credit Unions Serving Agribusiness ��43 Alberta Donkey & Mule Club ��40 Alberta Egg Producers ��15 Alberta Elk Commission ��15 Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture ��17 Alberta Farm Animal Care ��37 Alberta Farm Fresh Producers Association ��13 Alberta Farm Fuel Benefit ��36 Alberta Farm Safety Centre ��25 Alberta Farm Safety Program ��25 Alberta Farmers’ Market Association ��13 Alberta Federation of REAs Ltd. ��44 Alberta Fish & Game Association ��40

Alberta Fjord Horse Association ��39 Alberta Friesian Horse Association �� 39 Alberta Galloway Association ��37 Alberta Gelbvieh Association ��37 Alberta Goat Breeders Association �� 40 Alberta Grain Commission ��36 Alberta Greenhouse Growers Association �� 13 Alberta Hatching Egg Producers ��15 Alberta Hereford Association ��37 Alberta Holstein Association ��37 Alberta Honey Producers ��15 Alberta Horse Improvement Program �� 36 Alberta Hunter Education Instructors’ �� 40 Alberta Hunter Horse Society ��39 Alberta Institute of Agrologists ��14 Alberta Jersey Cattle Association ��37 Alberta Lamb Producers ��15 Alberta Limousin Association ��37 Alberta Maine Anjou Association ��37 Alberta Mental Help Line ��37 Alberta Milk ��15 Alberta Morgan Horse Club ��39 Alberta Organic Producers Association ��14 Alberta Outfitters Association ��40 Alberta Paint Horse Club ��39 Alberta Peace Region Forage Seed Growers �� 15 Alberta Pinzgauer Association ��37 Alberta Pork ��15 Alberta Pork Congress ��40 Alberta Professional Outfitters Society �� 40 Alberta Pulse Growers Commission �� 15 Alberta Quarter Horse Breeders Group ��39 Alberta Rabbit Producers Association �� 15 Alberta Ranched Elk ��15 Alberta Ready Mixed Concrete Association �� 14 Alberta Rhodiola Rosea Growers Organization ��17 Alberta Rural Development Network ��25 Alberta Safflower Growers Association �� 15 Alberta Salers Association ��37 Alberta School Boards Association �� 25 Alberta Scottish Highland Cattle Association �� 37 Alberta Seed Growers’ Association �� 14 Alberta Sheep Breeders Association ��40 Alberta Shire Club ��39 Alberta Shorthorn Association ��37 Alberta Simmental Association ��37 Alberta Soft Wheat Producers Commission ��15 Alberta South Devon Association ��37 Alberta Southwest Regional Alliance ��17 Alberta Standardbred Horse Association ��39 Alberta Sugar Beet Growers ��15 Alberta Surface Rights Federation �� 44 Alberta Sustainable Agriculture Apprenticeship Program ��25 Alberta Tarantaise Association ��37 Alberta Technology Innovation Program ��36 Alberta Texas Longhorn Association ��37 Alberta Tractor Pullers Association ��14 Alberta Traditional Bowhunters Association ��40 Alberta Trappers’ Association Ltd. ��40 Alberta Turkey Producers ��15 Alberta Vegetable Growers (Processing) �� 15 Alberta Water Well Drilling Association �� 14

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Index Alberta Welsh Black Association ��38 Alberta Winter Wheat Producers Commission ��15 Alberta Women’s Institutes ��14 Alberta’s Kananaskis ��44 Alder Flats Community Agricultural Society �� 4 Alix Agricultural Society �� 4 Alliance & District Agricultural Society �� 4 American Saddlebred Horse Association of Alberta ��39 American Saddlebred Horse Association of Canada ��39 Amisk Agricultural Society �� 4 Andrew Agricultural Society �� 4 Andrukow Group Solution & Partners ��26 Animal Nutrition Association of Canada ��14 Anselmo Recreation & Agricultural Society �� 4 Appaloosa Horse Association of Alberta ��39 Appaloosa Horse Club of Canada ��39 Ardrossan Recreation & Agricultural Society �� 4 Arrowwood Agricultural Society �� 4 Ashmont & District Agricultural Society �� 4 Association of Alberta Agriculture Fieldmen ��14 Association of Alberta Co-op Seed Cleaning Plants ��14 Athabasca District Agricultural Society �� 4 Aurora Arabian Horse Association ��39 Barons & District Agricultural Society �� 4 Barrhead Exhibition Association & Agricultural Society �� 4 Bashaw and District Agricultural Society �� 4 Bassano Agricultural Society �� 4 Battle River Agricultural Society �� 4 Battle River Alliance for Economic Development ��17 Battle River Credit Union Ltd. ��43 Beaumont & District Agricultural Society �� 4 Beaumont Credit Union Ltd. ��43 Beaver Heritage Agricultural Society �� 4 Beaver Meadow & District Agricultural Society �� 4 Beaverlodge & District Agricultural Society �� 4 Beef Information Centre ��37 Beekeeping Registration and Permits ��40 Beiseker & District Agricultural Society �� 4 Bellevue & District Agricultural Society �� 5 Bellevue Underground Mine ��44 Benalto Agricultural Society �� 5 Bentley & District Agricultural Society �� 5 Berry Creek Agricultural Society �� 5 Berwyn Agriculture Society Farmer’s Market �� 5 Bezanson Agricultural Society �� 5 Big Country Agricultural Society �� 5 Big Valley Agricultural Society �� 5 Bison Producers of Alberta ��16 Blackfalds District Agricultural Society �� 5 Blackfoot Agricultural Society �� 5 Blackie & District Agricultural Society �� 5 Blood Tribe Agricultural Society �� 5 Bon Accord & District Agricultural Society �� 5 Bonanza & District Agricultural Society �� 5 Bonnyville Agricultural Society �� 5 Boomtown Trail ��44 Bow Island & District Agricultural Society �� 5 Bow Valley Agricultural Society �� 5 Bow Valley Credit Union Ltd. ��43 Bowden & District Agricultural Society �� 5 Boyle & District Agricultural Society �� 5 Branding the Peace Country Association ��44

Brazeau Regional Tourism ��44 Breton Agricultural Society �� 5 Bruce Agricultural Society �� 5 Bruderheim Agricultural Society �� 5 Buck Lake Agricultural Society �� 5 Buffalo & District Agricultural Society �� 5 Burdett Agricultural Society �� 5 C.O.C.O. Plowing Match & Agricultural Society �� 5 Cadogan Agricultural Society �� 5 Caisse Horizon Credit Union Ltd. ��43 Calgary Alternative Transportation Co-operative �� 17 Calgary Arabian Horse Association ��39 Calgary Co-operative Association Ltd. �� 17 Calgary Co-operative Memorial Society Ltd. ��17 Calgary Exhibition & Stampede �� 5 Calgary Regional Appaloosa Club ��39 Calgary Regional Partnership ��17 Call of the Land ��37 Calmar & District Agricultural Society �� 5 Camrose Regional Exhibition �� 5 Canada-Alberta BSE Surveillance Program �� 36 Canadian Agricultural Loans Act ��36 Canadian Agriculture and Food International ��36 Canadian Angus Association ��38 Canadian Arabian Horse Registry ��39 Canadian Assoc of Agri-Retailers ��14 Canadian Association of Fairs & Exhibitions ��14 Canadian Beef Breeds Council ��38 Canadian Belgian Association ��39 Canadian Belgian Blue Association ��38 Canadian Blonde d’Aquitaine Association �� 38 Canadian Brown Swiss & Braunvieh Association ��38 Canadian Bull Congress ��38 Canadian Cattle Identification Agency ��38 Canadian Cattlemen’s Association ��38 Canadian Charolais Association ��38 Canadian Co-operative Association �� 17 Canadian Dexter Cattle Association �� 38 Canadian Donkey & Mule Association �� 39 Canadian Farm Business Management Council �� 41 Canadian Farm Writers Association ��14 Canadian Farmers for Justice ��44 Canadian Food Inspection Agency �� 36 Canadian Galloway Association ��38 Canadian Gelbvieh Association ��38 Canadian Grain Commission ��36 Canadian Hays Converter Association ��38 Canadian Hereford Association ��38 Canadian Highland Cattle Society ��38 Canadian Horse Breeders Association ��39 Canadian Horse Rocky Mt. District �� 39 Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation ��25 Canadian Jersey Association ��38 Canadian Limousin Association ��38 Canadian Lincoln Red Association ��38 Canadian Llama & Alpaca Registry ��40 Canadian Lowline Cattle Association �� 38 Canadian Luing Cattle Association �� 38 Canadian Maine-Anjou Association �� 38 Canadian Marchigiana Association ��38 Canadian Meat Goat Association ��40 Canadian Morgan Horse Association �� 39

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Index Canadian Murray Grey Association ��38 Canadian Outdoor Heritage Alliance ��40 Canadian Parthenaise Association ��38 Canadian Percheron Association ��39 Canadian Piedmontese Association ��38 Canadian Pinto Horse Association ��39 Canadian Pinzgauer Association ��38 Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association ��14 Canadian Professional Rodeo Association ��14 Canadian Red Angus Promotion Society ��38 Canadian Red Poll Cattle Association ��38 Canadian Registry of the Tennessee Walking Horse ��39 Canadian Romagnola Association ��38 Canadian Shire Horse Association ��39 Canadian Shorthorn Association ��38 Canadian Simmental Association ��38 Canadian South Devon Association ��38 Canadian Speckle Park Association ��38 Canadian Tarantaise Association ��38 Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society ��39 Canadian Trakehner Horse Society ��39 Canadian Wagyu Association ��38 Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders ��39 Canadian Welsh Black Association ��38 Canadian Wildlife Service ��36 Canadian Workers’ Co-operative Federation ��17 Carbon & District Agricultural Society & Curling Club �� 5 Cardston Agricultural Society �� 5 Carmangay Agricultural Society �� 5 Caroline & District Athletic & Agricultural Society �� 5 Carstairs & District Agricultural Society �� 5 Cascade Recruitment ��40 Castor & District Agricultural Society �� 6 Central Alberta Agricultural Society �� 6 Central Alberta Economic Partnership Ltd. ��17 Central Alberta Rural Electrification ��17 Central Slave Lake Agricultural Society �� 6 Central Sports Garden & Hughenden Agricultural Society �� 6 Chauvin Agricultural Society �� 6 Cherry Canyon Agricultural Society Recreation Board �� 6 Cherry Grove Recreation & Agricultural Society �� 6 Chestermere Agricultural Society �� 6 Chicken Processor Licensing ��37 Chicken Producer Licensing ��37 Chicken Quota Leasing - Licencing ��37 Chinook Applied Research Association ��41 Chinook Arabian Horse Association ��39 Chinook Country Tourist Association ��44 Chinook Credit Union Ltd. ��43 Chipman Agricultural Society �� 6 Christian Credit Union Ltd. ��43 Cityfarm ��45 Clairmont & District Agricultural Society �� 6 Clandonald Agricultural Society �� 6 Classroom Agriculture Program ��25 Cleardale Agricultural Society �� 6 Clive Athletic & Agricultural Society �� 6 Clyde & District Agricultural Society �� 6 Coaldale & District Agricultural Society �� 6 Cochrane & District Agricultural Society �� 6 Colchester & District Agricultural Society �� 6 Cold Lake & District Agricultural Society �� 6

Communities Without Boundaries �� 44 Coronation Agricultural Society �� 6 Cottonwood-Gordon Agricultural Society �� 6 Coutts & District Agricultural Society �� 6 Craigend Recreation & Agricultural Society �� 6 Cremona & District Agricultural Society �� 6 Croplife Canada - Alberta Council ��14 Crossfield Agricultural Society �� 6 Crossroads Agricultural Society �� 6 Czar Agricultural Society �� 6 Darwell & District Agricultural Society �� 6 Daysland & District Agricultural Society �� 6 Debolt Agricultural Society �� 6 Delacour Agricultural Society & Community Club �� 6 Delburne & District Agricultural Society �� 6 Delia & District Agricultural Society �� 6 Department of Rural Economy U of A ��25 Derwent & District Agricultural Society �� 6 Dewberry & District Agricultural Society �� 6 Didsbury Agricultural Society �� 6 Division Three Agricultural Society �� 6 Dixonville L.I.F.E. Agricultural Society �� 6 Donalda & District Agricultural Society �� 6 Drayton Valley & District Agricultural Society �� 6 Drive Solutions Corp. ��41 Drumheller Stampede & Agricultural Society �� 6 Duchess Agricultural Society �� 7 Ducks Unlimited ��25 Eaglesham & District Agricultural Society �� 7 Eckville Agricultural Society �� 7 Eckville District Savings & Credit Union Ltd ��43 Economic Developers Alberta ��17 Edberg & District Agricultural Society �� 7 Edgerton Agricultural Society �� 7 Edison Savings & Credit Union Ltd. ��43 Edmonton Economic Development Corporation �� 17 Edmonton Regional Tourism Group �� 44 Edson Savings and Credit Union Ltd. �� 43 Egg Producer Licensing ��37 Elk Point & District Agricultural Society �� 7 Elnora & District Agricultural Society �� 7 Empire Metals Inc. ��40 Empress Bindloss Agricultural Society �� 7 Eureka River Agricultural Society �� 7 Fairview Agricultural Society �� 7 Farm Credit Canada ��41 Farm Implement Act Administration �� 40 Farm Implement Dealer Licensing �� 37 Farm Leadership Council ��25 Farm Safety Grant Program Guidelines �� 36 Farmer Recognition Certificate ��14 Farmers’ Advocate Office (FAO) ��36 Federated Co-operatives Limited ��17 Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada ��14 Federation of Alberta Gas Co-ops Ltd. �� 17 Feeder Associations Guarantee Program ��36 Feeder Associations of Alberta ��38 First Calgary Savings and Credit Union Ltd. ��43 Fish and Wildlife Division ��40 Fish Culture Licence ��37 Five Mile Community Agricultural Society �� 7 Food Safety Information Society ��37

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Index Foothills Cowboys Associaton ��14 Foremost & District Agricultural Society �� 7 Forestburg Agricultural Society �� 7 Fort Assiniboine & District Agricultural Society �� 7 Fort Garry Industries Ltd. ��36 Fort Macleod & District Agricultural Society �� 7 Fort Vermilion Agricultural Society �� 7 Freehold Owners Association ��14 Future Agriculture Business Builders ��45 Galahad & District Agricultural Society �� 7 Genesee Agricultural Society �� 7 Gilby Agricultural Society �� 7 Girl Guides of Canada ��45 Gleichen & District Agricultural Society �� 7 Glendon Agricultural Society �� 7 Goldeye Centre ��25 Goldeye Foundation ��25 Grain Community Club & Agricultural Society �� 7 Grande Alberta Economic Region ��17 Grande Prairie Regional Agricultural & Exhibition Society �� 7 Grande Prairie Regional College ��25 Grassland Agricultural Society �� 7 Green Certificate Program ��25 Green Hectares ��45 Grey Wooded Forage Association ��41 Grimshaw & District Agricultural Society �� 7 Grovedale Community Club Agricultural Society �� 7 Growth Alberta ��17 Hanna & District Agricultural Society �� 7 Hardisty Agricultural Society �� 7 Harmon Valley Agricultural Society �� 7 Hatchery Operator Licensing ��37 Hatching Egg Producer Licensing ��37 Hawk Hills Agricultural Society �� 7 Hay Lakes & District Agricultural Society �� 7 Heisler Agricultural Society �� 7 High Level Agricultural Exhibition Association �� 7 High Prairie Agricultural Society �� 7 High River Agricultural Society �� 7 Highridge & District Agricultural Society �� 7 Hill Spring Agricultural Society �� 7 Hines Creek & District Agricultural Society �� 7 Hobbema Recreational & Agricultural Society �� 7 Holden & District Agricultural Society �� 7 Hunting For Tomorrow Foundation ��40 Hussar & District Agricultural Society �� 7 Hylo Venice Recreation & Agricultural Society �� 8 Hythe & District Agricultural Society �� 8 Information Packaging Centre ��37 Innisfail & District Agricultural Society �� 8 Innisfree & District Agricultural Society �� 8 Interest Rebate Program ��36 Internship Program with Innovative SMEs ��36 Irma Agricultural Society �� 8 Irricana & District Agricultural Society �� 8 Irvine & District Agricultural Society �� 8 Josephburg Agricultural Society �� 8 Just Food Edmonton ��41 KAC Agricultural Society �� 8 Kiefer Built Trailer Sales ��36 Killam District Agricultural Society �� 8 Kinsella Recreation & Agricultural Society �� 8

Kitscoty District Agricultural Society �� 8 La Crete Agricultural Society �� 8 La Glace & District Agricultural Society �� 8 Lac Bellevue & District Recreation & Agricultural Society �� 8 Lac La Biche Agricultural Society �� 8 Lac La Biche Gas Co-op ��17 Lakedell Agricultural Society �� 8 Lakeland College ��25 Lakeland Credit Union Ltd. ��43 Lamont & District Agricultural Society �� 8 Land Stewardship Centre of Canada ��25 Landscape Alberta Nursery Trades Association ��14 Lesser Slave Lake Economic Alliance ��17 Lethbridge College ��25 Lethbridge Exhibition Park �� 8 Linaria & District Agricultural Society �� 8 Linden & District Agricultural Society �� 8 Little Green Thumbs ��45 Livestock Identification Services Ltd ��40 Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association �� 8 Lomond Community Centre Agricultual Society �� 8 Lone Pine Agricultural Society �� 8 Lougheed Agricultural Society �� 8 M.T.M. Agricultural Society �� 8 Madden & District Agricultural Society �� 8 Magrath & District Agricultural Society �� 8 Mallaig & District Agricultural Society & Recreation Association �� 8 Mannville & District Agricultural Society �� 8 Marwayne Agricultural Society �� 8 Mayerthorpe & District Agricultural Society �� 8 Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede Co. Ltd. �� 8 Metal Roofing & Siding Experts Inc. ��14 Metiskow & District Agricultural Society �� 8 Mid-Rivers Agricultural Society �� 8 Mighty Peace Tourist Association �� 44 Milk Processor Licensing ��37 Milk River & District Agricultual Society �� 8 Millarville Racing & Agricultural Society �� 8 Miller Thomson LLP - Calgary ��44 Miller Thomson LLP - Edmonton ��44 Millet & District Recreational & Agricultural Society �� 9 Milo & Distict Agricultural Society �� 9 Minature Horse Association of Canada ��39 Minburn & District Agricultural Society �� 9 Morinville & District Agricultural Society �� 9 Morrin & District Agricultural Society �� 9 Mountain Equipment Co-op ��17 Mountain View Credit Union Ltd. ��43 Multicultural Health Brokers Co-operative Ltd. ��17 Mundare & District Agricultural Society �� 9 My Wild Alberta ��40 Myrnam & District Agricultural Society �� 9 Namao Community Agricultural Society �� 9 Nampa & District Agricultural Society �� 9 Nanton Agricultural Society �� 9 National Farmers Union ��44 Natural Resources Conservation Board ��15 Newfeld Petroleum & Propane ��44 Neutral Hills Agricultural Society �� 9 New Sarepta & District Agricultural Society �� 9 Newbrook Agricultural & Recreational Society �� 9 Nobleford Agricultural Society �� 9

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Index North American Lincoln Red Association ��38 North East Gas Co-op Ltd. ��17 Northeast Alberta Information HUB Ltd ��17 Northern Alberta Co-operative Housing Associations ��17 Northlands �� 9 Okotoks Agricultural Society �� 9 Olds Agricultural Society �� 9 Olds College ��25 Ontario Agricultural Colleges ��25 Organic Alberta ��14 Palliser Economic Partnership ��17 Paradise Valley & District Agricultural Society �� 9 Parkland Arabian Horse Association ��39 Parkland Conservation Farm ��25 Partners in Habitat Development ��25 Peace Country Beef and Forage Association ��41 Peace Region Economic Development Alliance ��17 Peace River Agricultural Society �� 9 Peers & District Cultural & Agricultural Society �� 9 Pembina Agricultural & Recreational Society �� 9 Peruvian Horse Association of Canada ��39 Peruvian Horse Club of Alberta ��40 Pibroch & District Agricultural Society �� 9 Picture Butte & District Agricultural Society �� 9 Pincher Creek & District Agricultural Society �� 9 Pincher Creek Credit Union Ltd. ��43 Pioneer Agricultural Society �� 9 Plamondon & District Agricultural Society �� 9 Ponoka Agricultural Society �� 9 Potato Growers of Alberta ��15 Prairie Oat Growers Association ��15 Progressive Agricultural Community Organization �� 9 Provost & District Agricultural Society �� 9 Quarter Horse Association of Alberta ��40 Radway Agricultural Society �� 9 Ranfurly & District Agricultural Society �� 9 Raymond Agricultural Society �� 9 Red Willow Agricultural Society �� 9 Redwater & District Agricultural Society �� 9 Regional Economic Development Alliance Finance and Enterprise ��17 Regional Economic Development Initiative ��17 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo ��17 Rich Lake Recreation & Agricultural Society �� 9 Rich Valley Agricultural Society �� 9 Rimbey Agricultural Society �� 9 Riviere Qui Barre Agricultural Society �� 9 Rochester & District Agricultural Society �� 9 Rocky Credit Union Ltd. ��43 Rocky Lane Agricultural Society �� 9 Rocky Mountain House Agricultural Society ��10 Rockyford Agricultural Society ��10 Rolling Hills Agricultural Society ��10 Rolling Hills Savings and Credit Union Ltd. ��43 Ropin the Web ��36 Rosalind Agricultural Society ��10 Rosemary Agricultural Society ��10 Round Hill & District Agricultural Society ��10 Rumsey & District Agricultural Society ��10 Rural Alberta’s Development Fund ��36 Rural Community Adaptation Grant Program ��36 Rural Connections: Community Broadband ��37 Rycroft Agricultural Society ��10

Salers Association of Canada ��38 Sangudo and District Agricultural Society �� 10 Saskatoon Lake Agricultural Society �� 10 Savanna Agricultural Society ��10 Scouts Canada ��45 Sedgewick & District Agricultural Society �� 10 Services for Agri-Processors Directory �� 37 Servus Credit Union Ltd. ��43 Sexsmith & District Agricultural Society �� 10 Silver Creek Agricultural Society ��10 Silver Sage Agricultural Society ��10 Smith & Hondo Agricultural Society ��10 Smoky Applied Research and Demonstration Association �� 41 Smoky Lake Agricultural Society ��10 Smoky River Agricultural Society ��10 Soft Wheat Dealer Licensing ��37 South East Alberta Agricultural Society ��10 Southern Alberta Co-operative Housing Association �� 17 Southern Alberta Rabbit Breeders Association ��40 Southern Applied Research Association ��41 SouthGrow Regional Initiative ��17 Southpaw Communications ��15 Spirit River & District Agricultural Society ��10 Spondin & District Agricultural Society �� 10 Springbank Park For All Seasons Agricultural Society �� 10 Spruce Grove & District Agricultural Society �� 10 Spruce View & District Agricultural Society ��10 St. Lina & District Community & Agricultural Society ��10 St. Michael Community & District Agricultural Society �� 10 St. Paul Agricultural Society ��10 Standard & District Agricultural Society �� 10 Stavely & District Agricultural Society �� 10 Stettler District Agricultural Society ��10 Stony Plain Seed Cleaning Association ��41 Strathmore & District Agricultural Society �� 10 Strome & District Agricultural Society �� 10 Sturgeon River Agricultural Society �� 10 Sugar Beet Processor Licensing ��37 Sugar Beet Producer Licensing ��37 Sullivan Lake West Agricultural Society ��10 Sundre Agricultural Society ��10 Sustainable Resource Development ��36 Taber Exhibition Association Agricultural Society ��10 TD Canada Trust Agriculture Services �� 44 Tees Agricultural Society ��10 The Alberta Environmental Farm Plan ��36 The Business Link - Calgary ��41 The Business Link - Edmonton ��41 The Co-operators ��17 The Cowboy Trail Tourism Association �� 44 The Healthy Retirement Group Inc. ��41 The Nature Conservancy of Canada ��36 The Pembina Institute ��36 Thorhild & District Agricultural Society �� 10 Thorsby Agricultural Society ��10 Three Hills & District Agricultural Society ��10 Tilley & District Agricultural Society ��11 Tofield Agricultural Society ��11 Tomahawk & District Sports Agricultural Society ��11 Torrington & District Agricultural Society �� 11 Tourism Calgary ��44 Travel Alberta ��44

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Trochu & District Agricultural Society ��11 Trout Unlimited Canada ��40 Tulliby Lake & District Agricultural Society ��11 Turkey Hatcheryman Licensing ��37 Turkey Processor Licensing ��37 Two Hills & District Agricultural Society ��11 UFA Co-operative Limited ��16 University of Alberta ��25 University of Guelph ��25 University of Manitoba ��25 University of Saskatchewan ��25 Usona Agricultural Society ��11 Valleyview & District Agricultural Society ��11 Vauxhall Agricultural Society ��11 Vegetable Producer Licensing ��37 Vegreville Agricultural Society ��11 Verdant Valley Agricultural Society ��11 Verified Beef Production Program ��38 Vermilion Agricultural Society ��11 Vermillion Credit Union Ltd. ��43 Victoria Trail Agricultural Society ��11 Viking & District Agricultural Society ��11 Vilna and District Agricultural Society ��11 Vulcan & District Agricultural Society ��11 Wainwright Credit Union Ltd. ��43 Wainwright Frontier & Exhibition Agricultural Society ��11 Wandering River Agricultural Society ��11 Warner & District Agricultural Society ��11

Welsh Pony & Cob Society of Alberta �� 40 Wembley & District Agricultural Society �� 11 West Sturgeon Agricultural Society �� 12 Western Barley Growers Assoc. ��15 Western Canadian Connemara Association ��40 Western Stock Growers Assoc ��39 Westerner Park ��11 Westlock & District Agricultural Society �� 11 Westwoods Recreation & Agricultural Society �� 11 Wetaskiwin Agricultural Society ��11 Wetaskiwin Credit Union Ltd. ��43 Whitecourt & District Agricultural Society ��11 Whitelaw Agricultural Society ��11 Wild Rose Agricultural Producers ��44 Wild Rose Arabian Horse Association ��40 Wild Rose Draft Horse Association �� 40 Wildwood & District Agricultural Society ��11 Wildwood & District Agricultural Society ��11 Willingdon & District Agricultural Society ��11 Willow Creek Agricultual Society ��11 Willow Prairie Agricultural Society ��11 Winfield & District Agricultural Society �� 11 Winter Wheat Dealer Licensing ��37 Women’s Institute Application to Incorporate ��40 Woodlot Extension Program ��36 World Professional Chuckwagon Association �� 14 Worsley & District Agricultural Society ��11 Yellowhead Agricultural Society ��12

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How Going Walkabout Could Shape Tomorrow’s Agriculture Industry By Laramy Gibson

A Roman philosopher once said, “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” Most travelers will agree – going walkabout around the world, they return home with exciting ideas and a new set of eyes with which to view the familiar, confident to make changes to existing business ventures or launch new ones. Today’s agriculture industry is fast becoming a large, global enterprise. Our competitors are no longer down the road, but across borders and over oceans. And while we may compete with international agribusinesses for market share, they are also our best assets to learn from and educate ourselves. Craig Ference agrees: “It is essential we ensure our youth have the opportunities to work and prosper in the agriculture world. We are in a very dynamic environment and things are changing at speeds even we sometimes wonder if anyone can keep up with. It will be our youth who carry this momentum.” A decade ago Craig traveled to Australia to work and learn. Back then, such was a rare occurrence, however today, it is nothing to be in Australia tomorrow. When Craig returned home to Canada, he took on a major role in the family farm, confident that he had worthwhile ideas to enhance the farming venture. He also started Cascade Recruitment, a company that provides recruitment services to young Canadians involved in the agriculture sector wanting to travel and work in international destinations – a concrete example of an idea generated with insight gained from travel experience. To become the global leaders of tomorrow, our youth need to associate themselves with our global leaders of today. International travel provides youth with information and skills gleaned from world-class leaders within, and outside of, our industry, and hence, the opportunity to utilize this knowledge in our ever-changing world. “As an industry, we need to continually think outside the square and embrace new concepts and ideas, with a balanced frame of mind. This will ensure we continue to position ourselves at the front of the pack as a socially, economically, and environmentally viable industry,” says Stuart Austin, principal of Positive Perfection, the Australian partner company to Cascade Recruitment. Stuart, who met Craig while traveling in Canada, believes that stepping outside of the square and getting out of one’s own backyard will create a higher level of thinking, understanding, and management practices. “We must broaden our horizons, and with the ease of travel in today’s world, international experiences, in my mind, are essential to personal development.” With climates throughout the world comparatively similar yet equally different, it is within these new and different environments that we see, feel, and experience new ideas and concepts,” he adds. Both Craig and Stuart, after travelling and working in each other’s respective countries, returned home to begin and continue successful agricultural businesses. They credit their confidence and increase in personal profile within the Canadian and Australian agriculture industries to their international travel experience, and are amazed to see the effect that experience and knowledge – when brought back inside the square, or into our own backyard – can have on themselves, others, and business in general. It is the passing of these shared, tried, and tested ideas and concepts from today’s international leaders to tomorrow’s global successors that will ensure we have a sustainable industry into the future. More information about international agriculture work experience can be found at www.positive-perfection.com. Laramy Gibson is principal of Malie Design and hails from Everblack Angus near Vermilion, Alberta. She can be reached at 403.901.9323 or laramygibson@hotmail.com.

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