meet Alberta farmers
Learn from Alberta farmers – in their own words. Find a topic. Watch and listen.
Alberta farmers were interviewed and share their knowledge, insights and opinions about current topics and issues related to farming and the food system. These farmers work every day to produce food.
Ask a Farmer gives you the opportunity to use your own words. Make a list of questions and collaborate to select one or more to submit. You’ll get a response from a farmer!
AGRICULTURE HISTORIES
Watch this original project AGRICULTURE video interview to find out how farm and farming identities have changed over time.
AGRICULTURE HISTORIES
Watch this original project AGRICULTURE video interview to learn about the impact that changing technologies have had on farming in Alberta over time.
CLIMATE SMART
Watch this original project AGRICULTURE video interview for a quick overview of some of the impacts of climate change.
APPLYING TECHNOLOGIES
Watch this original project AGRICULTURE video interview to explore how genetics plays a role on an Alberta dairy farm.
UNDERSTANDING SUPPLY MANAGEMENT
Watch this original project AGRICULTURE video interview to hear directly from Alberta farmers how supply management works and can benefit both farmers and consumers.
PERSPECTIVES ON SUSTAINABILITY
Watch this original project AGRICULTURE video interview to hear how farmers in Alberta approach sustainability on their farms.
AGRICULTURE HISTORIES
Watch this original project AGRICULTURE video interview to consider some ways that urbanization affects agriculture.
APPLYING TECHNOLOGIES
Watch this original project AGRICULTURE video interview to learn about a centre pivot irrigation system used by this Alberta farmer.
UNDERSTANDING AGRICULTURE
Watch this original project AGRICULTURE video interview to learn why agriculture is about more than just farming.
APPLYING TECHNOLOGIES GROWING FOOD
Watch this original project AGRICULTURE video interview to find out more about the role of innovation and the technologies that are used to produce healthier and more sustainable food crops.
GROWING FOOD
Watch this original project AGRICULTURE video interview to understand more about some of the practices that Alberta farmers can use to grow healthy crops.
PERSPECTIVES ON SUSTAINABILITY
Watch this original project AGRICULTURE video interview to find out how two Alberta farmers address sustainability.
GROWING FOOD
Watch this original project AGRICULTURE video interview to learn about the diversity of plants that are grown in Alberta for food.
PERSPECTIVES ON SUSTAINABILITY GROWING FOOD
Watch this original project AGRICULTURE video interview to find out about the practices that two Alberta farmers use to make decisions about managing bugs and weeds.
PERSPECTIVES ON SUSTAINABILITY
Watch this original project AGRICULTURE video interview to learn about diversity and the relationship between natural and farm environments on two Alberta farms.
PERSPECTIVES ON SUSTAINABILITY
Watch this original project AGRICULTURE video interview to find out why two Alberta farmers use crop rotation to protect soil diversity.
UNDERSTANDING AGRICULTURE GROWING FOOD
Watch this original project AGRICULTURE video interview to find out about the role that research and science plays in seed and plant diversity.
PERSPECTIVES ON SUSTAINABILITY
Watch this original project AGRICULTURE video interview to learn the importance of water and carbon cycles on two Alberta farms.
GROWING FOOD CLIMATE SMART
Watch this original project AGRICULTURE video interview to find out how farming practices respond to the challenges of changing weather.
