We understand agriculture and we know Alberta farmers. We live and work side-by-side with them every day. Our conservation programs have evolved over time to suit you better and our conservation program staff can show you how.
For many Indigenous communities, three seeds - corn, beans, and squash represent the most important crops. When planted together, the Three Sisters, work together to help one another thrive and survive.
NRDC interviewed more than 100 farmers and ranchers who are building healthy soil and growing climate-resilient communities across the country. This guide incorporates much of what we learned.
In 2010, 30 billion dollars worth of fruits and vegetables were wasted by American retailers and shoppers, in part because of cosmetic problems and perceived spoilage. But what are these spots, anyway, and are they okay to eat? Related Lesson
Biofuels can provide energy without the reliance on harmful fossils fuels. This video demonstrates how cellulose, the naturally abundant tough walls of plant cells, might be the solution. Related Lesson
Dive into the world of aquaculture and see how restorative ocean farming could play a vital role in helping our coastal communities, our oceans and our climate. Related Lesson
What would the planet look like if everyone became a vegetarian right now? The creators of this video take a look at the numbers, factoring in land and water use, carbon emissions and animal by-products. Related Lesson
Learn about a Canadian government project to learn more about why the Three Sister works so well together in agriculture and ways their growth could be more optimized.
To feed our rapidly growing and changing world, we need innovative solutions. In this video, you'll learn about some environmental issues related to the food we grow and eat.
This video is a lesson about drought, a natural weather phenomenon, and famine, which is almost always the result of human activity. This video is going to teach you about food shortages in the context of the late-19th century famines that struck British India.
This 4:30 minute video demonstrates regional farming techniques in West Africa (Burkina Faso) and an individual working with his community to restore soils damaged by drought and reinvent agriculture in the region.
Almost every year, the western world is introduced to a new superfood that boasts extraordinary nutritional benefits. The documentary examines its unintended effects this has on food security, health, sustainable farming, and fair-trade food practices.
Many famers receive incentive payments from USDA to plant cover crops, but a new national cover crop survey report released recently challenges assumptions on the role of incentive payments in cover crop adoption.
If you are gardening in a colder zone such as zone 3 - 6 you likely think cover cropping is not possible. Turns out cover cropping is possible when you choose the correct crops. This gardening in Canada video looks at how to cover crops in cold climates.
By using water more efficiently, better-yield crops can grow while using less water, contributing to preserving one of nature's most valuable resources.
This overview provides you with information about virtual water in Alberta. At the bottom of the page is a link to a study that was done about our virtual water.
This video, created by Inside Education, is a review of groundwater in Alberta. Topics include quality, distribution, uses in the province, and how it links to the hydrologic cycle. (site)
A team of Cree, Blackfoot and Nakota Elders, as well as both Indigenous and Western scientists, collaborated to create lesson plans about the spiritual significance of relationships to water.
This education kit explores the science of water use in Alberta and now contains new information about climate change, energy development and stewardship.
