Check out the resources our team has put together from Soil Health to AMP Grazing.
We’ve got the research to meet your reality.
SustAinimal Perspectives Living Labs - Insights and experiences from Canada
Check out Dr.’s Ed Bork and Erick Santos from the University of Alberta’s presentation at The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences conference ‘Sustainimal’ on their carbon/grazing research and the Alberta AgriSystems Living Lab.
When Plants Kill
Wondering about Hairy Vetch? Embracing Brassicas? Considering a polyculture? Drought got you down, to some feed alternatives? Join Us and livestock and Feed Extension Specialists Jenifer Heyden and Chelsey Siemens from the Government of Saskatchewan to learn more about the plants you select for feed and how they can impact your herd health. Recognize toxic plants and kick them to the curb!
The Kainai Iinnii Rematriation
The Kainai Iinnii Rematriation Project (KIRP) is an eco-cultural restoration project that centers around the restoration of the land and culture of the Kainai (Blood) First Nation by re-introducing plains bison (Bison bison bison) back native mixed-grass prairie pastures on the North End region of the Blood Reserve. Bison have been absent from these lands for ~155 years and First Nation-led environmental research is being undertaken to study and better understand how re-introducing plains bison can benefit mixed-grass prairie ecosystems. Bison are considered both an ecological and cultural keystone for the Blackfoot/Kainai.
The Ecological Buffalo
Join Us to learn more about 'The Ecological Buffalo' as a Keystone Species in North America. Once numbering in the tens of millions, buffalo have played a significant role in structuring the intricate food webs, trophic cascades and inter-species relationships that evolved over thousands of years.
Wes Olson has spent over 35 years working closely with buffalo first as a Parks Canada warden and now as a bison consultant. Wes is a published author and literally 'wrote the book' on buffalo.
Check out our new Fact Sheets
Does it Cost? or Does it Pay?
Learn about how record keeping can benefit your operation from Kathy Larson. Follow along as she ‘runs the numbers’ with some detailed numbers on some beneficial management practices you might be considering.
Intercropping
Meet one of the Alberta AgriSystems Living Lab participants and her project. Susan Heather is trying out a wheat and rye grass intercrop under irrigation in Southern Alberta.
Soils 101
We’ve got the dirt on your soil.
Join us and Dr. Ross McKenzie to learn more about soil in western Canada. soil health, fertilizer, soil testing and how to read a soil test.
4R Field Day
Join us to learn more about 4R fertilizer management and how it might be useful on your operation as well as one of our 4R projects with our partner Corteva and the Knoppers.
Meet Dr Ed Bork and how we are measuring AMP Grazing.
Learn about how Dr Bork and his team will measure the impact of AMP or Adaptive Multi Paddock grazing on the soil and range health on a ranch in central Alberta.
Learn practical approaches to implementing rotational grazing.
Join us and Marcel Busz, ranch foreman at the University of Alberta, Mattheis Ranch to learn about topics like water sources, fence line placements, fencers and what worked and what didn’t.
Beef Net Zero? Theres more to it than burps and belches.
Join us and Dr Tim McAllister to learn more about what Beef Net Zero might mean. What are ‘Nature based solutions’ and the limitations. Where can you fit as a producer and how does your management choices play a role?
Understanding the Land.
Bridge to Land Water Sky & Alberta AgriSystems Living Lab & the ê-kanâtahk askiy SAGE Project presents Dr Melissa Arcand and Teresa Porter sharing their knowledge on soil health from an Indigenous and Western Science Perspective.
Meet our Producers - Magnuson.
Meet two of our producers in Central Alberta who are exploring the possibilities of AMP or Adaptive Multi Paddock Grazing on their operation.
AALL Information Session Fall 2022.
Learn more about the Alberta Agrisystems Living Lab. What is a living lab and how you can participate? Where research meets reality.
