Sustainable agriculture
Leduc County's sustainable agriculture program supports the adoption of beneficial management practices by agricultural producers through education and awareness. This includes:
- Information sessions, events and webinars
- Newsletters
- Riparian Health Assessments
- Working Well
The program also supports individual producers with the Alberta Environmental Farm Plan process, the application process for Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership grants and coordinates the ALUS Wetaskiwin-Leduc program.
The Alberta Environmental Farm plan is a whole farm self-assessment tool. It can help assess environmental risks, highlight improvements in resiliency, increase efficiency and more.
The EFP is voluntary, free and completed online. A current EFP is required for some government funding programs and needs to be renewed every ten years.
Learn more about the EFP program at www.albertaefp.com
The Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership is a federal-provincial partnership delivering grant programs to Alberta farmers and other agricultural organizations and processors.
This 5-year investment strengthens competitiveness, innovation and resiliency of the agriculture sector.
Farmer programs include:
Learn more about the program at alberta.ca/sustainable-cap-overview
ALUS is a program “Where Agriculture and Nature Meet”.
The ALUS program was built by farmers and is a model that can grow and fit into local community needs. It helps assist farmers and ranchers to increase or enhance natural areas on their farms which provide solutions to local environmental challenges.
ALUS provides annual payments to farmers and ranchers for the ongoing stewardship of environmental projects that produce ecosystem services. Additionally, ALUS provides financial support to farmers and ranchers to establish additional environmental projects on their land. The program is voluntary, and projects are always farmer driven.
ALUS supports more than 39 communities helping over 1,760 farmers and ranchers build and actively manage 52,600+ acres of nature-based projects on their lands.
Local project examples include:
- improving wetlands
- installing fencing around water bodies
- developing alternative watering systems, shelter belts, grassed water ways
- other activities that benefit nature and the operation
Review more comprehensive project examples in this booklet.
Join today!
In 2023 alone, ALUS distributed nearly $6.3 million in funding to ALUS communities. That same year, 400 farmers and ranchers joined ALUS as new participants, enrolling over 8,300 additional acres in the program, resulting in the creation of new ALUS wetland, woodland, grassland and pollinator projects.
ALUS Wetaskiwin-Leduc also receives support from the Alberta Conservation Association
Upcoming workshops
About your sustainable agriculture coordinator
Serving the Leduc and Wetaskiwin region, the SA coordinator is here to assist you on your path to agricultural resilience.
The SA coordinator:
- Is a trained EFP technician available to help local producers with the process.
- Connects farmers to grant opportunities like the S-CAP and can assist with the application process.
- Is the first point of contact for ALUS Wetaskiwin - Leduc.
Get involved
To get involved with the ALUS program or to learn more about sustainable agriculture, send us an email.
ASB news and views
Twice a year, we publish a newsletter with information and updates on sustainable agriculture.
View our most recent issue and stay informed!
Program partnership
Leduc County's sustainable agriculture program is a partnership between Leduc County, the County of Wetaskiwin and the Government of Alberta.