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  • Land of Dreams: A 30-acre community farm guided by Blackfoot wisdom

    Land of Dreams is a 30-acre community farm in Calgary that serves as a sanctuary for connection, healing, and environmental restoration. Rooted in Blackfoot wisdom and guided by Elder Herman Many Guns, the farm brings together newcomers, Indigenous communities, and diverse cultural groups to cultivate food, restore the land, and strengthen relationships between people and…

  • Flat Cap Butchers: Connecting Urban Consumers to Regenerative Agriculture

    Flat Cap Butchers is redefining how urban consumers engage with their food by bridging the gap between ethical meat consumption and regenerative farming. Operating out of the Calgary Farmers’ Market, this whole-animal butcher shop is committed to supplying exclusively regeneratively raised beef, ensuring that every purchase supports soil health, biodiversity, and sustainable agricultural practices. Unlike…

  • Burke Creek Ranch: 135 Years of Stewardship and Regenerative Ranching

    For over a century, Burke Creek Ranch has been a dedicated steward of Alberta’s native grasslands, preserving one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world. By practicing regenerative grazing, the ranch not only produces sustainably raised beef but also actively sequesters carbon, restores soil health, and protects critical wildlife habitats. This commitment to conservation…

  • Ledcor Highway Maintenance Yard Upgrades

    Ledcor’s Highway Maintenance team provides services on long-term contracts covering 6700 kilometres of Provincial Highways in Alberta and is responsible for year-round, winter, and seasonal maintenance. One of the most notable aspects of Ledcor’s approach is its proactive stance on environmental protection. Through meticulous planning and investment in yard upgrades, they have implemented innovative measures…

  • Agricultural Greenhouse Gases Program

    The Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program, led by Professors Scott Chang, Edward Bork, and Cam Carlyle from the University of Alberta, is dedicated to advancing sustainable land management practices in Alberta’s agriculture sector to combat climate change and promote agricultural sustainability. Their mission is to develop and test best management practices that enhance soil fertility,…

  • Land Management Program

    The Alberta Conservation Association (ACA) is committed to conserving, protecting, and enhancing fish and wildlife populations and their habitats for Albertans to enjoy, value, and use. Through its Land Management Program, ACA focuses on restoring damaged habitats and safeguarding healthy ones across its 237, 365 acres of conservation sites across Alberta. Conservation Sites are managed…

  • Ledcor Highway Maintenance Yard Upgrades

    With sustainability as one of their core values, Ledcor is well aware of the associated risks when using salt and sand in their winter operations. That is why their Highway Maintenance team is working hard to reduce salt contamination and prevent the chronic increase of salt concentration, a known risk posed by highway maintenance operations…

  • The City of Calgary’s Willow Plantation for Marginal Land Improvement and Carbon Capture

    The City of Calgary’s biosolids demonstration project began in 2013 with a goal to assess the potential to improve Alberta’s arable land base through the beneficial reuse of biosolids recovered from leading-edge wastewater treatment processes. The City’s Wastewater Treatment Operational Performance Team worked closely with project consultant SYLVIS Environmental’s Biosolids Management Team and a private…

  • Highfield Regenerative Farm

    Highfield Farm is located on 15-acres in the heart of an industrial community in the city of Calgary. In partnership with the Compost Council of Canada and the City of Calgary, they are transforming this vacant property into a vibrant and productive urban farm through soil revitalization, food production and community programming. The Highfield Farm…

  • Edmonton Urban Farm is growing!

    Since 2014, the Edmonton Urban Farm (EUF) has helped make Edmonton a greener, more sustainable city in several ways. 1) It has transformed 2 acres of excess urban land (abandoned, strewn with garbage and invasive weeds) into a productive space providing 300 plus people and their families with nutritious, locally grown food. This reduces the…