November 13, 2006:
Over the 2005-06 fiscal year, over 2,300 Alberta producers completed an EFP, bringing the total number of developed EFPs throughout the life of the program to over 3,600. Also, according to the latest data, over 7,000 farmers and ranchers have attended EFP workshop one, which introduces producers to the program, since its inception.
Part of this success can be directly attributed to AEFP's "farmers first" grassroots driven business structure. "All workshops are delivered locally by AEFP workshop facilitators who are usually producers themselves. Real farmers clearly like learning from their farmer peers about environmental sustainability," says Mike Slomp, executive director for AEFP.