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François Allard receiving an ALUS stewardship award
News, Newsmakers

ALUS stewardship award presented, CCA gets new comms manager

NewsMakers from the February 2025 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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It is with great sadness that Alberta Beef Producers shares the news of Chris Mills’ passing. Mills was a dedicated leader in the Canadian beef industry, serving as the western representative of the Canadian Cattle Association from 1972 to 1981, and as the general manager of the Alberta Cattle Commission, now ABP, from 1980 to […] Read more
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is investing $5,000,000 to support the acceleration of ALUS, a program for rural communities that promotes on-farm nature-based solutions.
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ALUS to expand its farmer-led approach to nature-based solutions with support from Sustainable Development Technology Canada

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Sustainable Development Technology Canada today announced an investment of $5 million to support the scale up of ALUS, a unique program for rural communities that promotes on-farm nature-based solutions to create resilience across Canada. ALUS is a highly entrepreneurial Canadian not-for-profit organization focused on helping farmers and ranchers build nature-based solutions on their land through […] Read more
Duane Movald receives the 2021 Dave Reid Award from Christine Campbell, ALUS senior hub manager.
News, Newsmakers

ALUS awards stewardship efforts

NewsMakers from the November 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Barbara and Merle Olson, as well as the late Cor Vaan Ray, are among the eight citizens who received the Alberta Order of Excellence this year. The award is the province’s highest honour for citizens under the Canadian honours system. Barbara and Merle Olson are behind Alberta Veterinary Laboratories Ltd. and Solvet, where they research, […] Read more
ALUS Canada works with producers on projects ranging from riparian area improvement to pollinator habitat.
Features, Livestock

Producer-driven conservation pays off

Two case studies illustrate the value of putting producers in the driver’s seat of conservation projects

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Updated June 1, 2021 In the sweeping, ancient prairie of southern Saskatchewan’s Grasslands National Park, local ranchers are helping to ensure at-risk species continue to call this land home. In 2018, the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) partnered with Parks Canada to establish a grass bank pilot project in the park’s East Block, which hadn’t […] Read more
Federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa on April 10, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Chris Wattie)
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Tories’ climate plan focused on green investment

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The federal Conservatives’ proposed replacement for the Liberal government’s framework on climate change offers several shout-outs to farmers, in a document focused on green investment rather than current consumption patterns. The lead opposition party’s plan, launched Wednesday by leader Andrew Scheer, proposes to scrap the Trudeau government’s current carbon pricing plan, which imposes levies on […] Read more
Gerry Taillieu of Tomahawk Cattle Ranch received ALUS Canada’s Producer Innovation Award.
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A year of firsts for ALUS

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A celebration at Toronto’s Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in recognition of the W. Garfield Weston Foundation’s $5 million contribution to the ALUS (alternative land use services) program in support of conservation and agriculture across Canada marked the formal relaunch of ALUS as “ALUS Canada – a Weston Family Initiative,” and the debut of the New […] Read more
ALUS Canada has launched its first program in Quebec, with support from a regional arm of UPA. (CNW Group/ALUS Canada)
Livestock, Weather

ALUS program expands to Quebec

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The Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) program has made its move into a sixth province with a new project in Quebec’s Monteregie. ALUS Canada, working with the Monteregie branch of Quebec’s Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA), formally launched the program Wednesday at its first Quebec location, a farm near St-Jean-Baptiste, south of St-Hyacinthe. ALUS, in […] Read more
A full-time commitment to stewardship
Beef Cattle, Features, News

A full-time commitment to stewardship

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The transition from a tobacco farm to Texas Longhorn ranch in southern Ontario’s foremost tobacco-growing region wasn’t without turmoil for Cathy and Bryan Gilvesy, but the rewards far outweighed regrets as they reinvented the farm to better reflect their philosophies on agriculture and life. The latest material reward came in the form of Ontario’s environmental […] Read more

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