Without innovation, change and growth, many things can stagnate. This principle can be applied to small towns on the prairies. In a new book called “Herbert has lots for a buck”, Lethbridge based author Elizabeth McLachlan explores how 12 small prairie towns reinvented themselves and saved themselves from extinction. McLachlan acknowledges prairie towns often have problems and challenges. Many prairie … Read More
There’s a Heifer in Your Tank is listed as an event option on Green Hectares’ Rural Voices program. Find out how they are improving agriculture with their Rural Voice.
The Heifer in Your Tank program can really change students’ lives. Erinn Backer, a student at the University of Alberta, knows this first hand. Erinn, grew up in Grande Prairie and first … Read More
There’s a Heifer in Your Tank is listed as an event option on Green Hectares’ Rural Voices program. Find out how they are improving agriculture with their Rural Voice.
Many people don’t realize that learning about agriculture can be fun! The Heifer in Your Tank program can be described as scientific answers to quirky questions have about agriculture. Or better yet, questions they didn’t know they had about agriculture,” says Professor Martin Zuidhof, who teaches several university classes including Animal Science 200 (introductory Animal Science). The main component of … Read More
Farmers have a lot to celebrate, and it’s time for them to show their operations and lifestyle to the world. All farmers are invited to share their stories and show their pride on Earth Day, April 22, as part of the “Farm Voices” Campaign, initiated by Farm On, a non-profit, Alberta-based group that wants to help young farmers in the … Read More
The Lacombe Composite Highschool Ecovision group participated in a fall 2012 edition of the Entrepreneur Exchange. Learn more about their successes and a program that inspires youth in rural communities.
Students can make a difference in their communities and help everyone to adopt a more ecological footprint. The 15-20 students in Ecole Secondaire Lacombe Composite High School’s EcoVision club … Read More