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Learn about recent updates for the EFP program, other agri-environmental programs, and how EFP plays into agricultural markets.
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Beneficial Management Practices

Beneficial Management Practices

Maintaining a healthy environment is essential to the success of Alberta’s agricultural producers. Learn about BMPs that you can adopt on your farm to reduce environmental risk.
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Brochures, fact sheets, reports developed by Alberta EFP.
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Webbook

Webbook

Video tutorials to assist you through the entire process of the environmental farm plan.

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Beekeeping and the EFP
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Beekeeping and the EFP

Alberta EFPMay 24, 2022
Beekeeping and the Environmental Farm Plan The Alberta Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) is a whole farm environmental assessment tool with the...
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Soils and Site Characteristics
Beneficial Management Practices

It Starts with Soil

Alberta EFPApr 21, 2022
Just as the soils are the basis for your farm the basis for your EFP helps you understand your soils and site characteristics. This excerpt from the webbook helps farmers understand why it all begins from the ground up.
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Emergency Preparedness
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Emergency Preparedness

Alberta EFPApr 07, 2022
The Alberta Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) has a dedicated chapter specifically designed to have producers think about “what if” scenarios...
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Using drones on the farm - it’s easier than you think
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Using drones on the farm - it’s easier than you think

Alberta EFPDec 14, 2021
Learn how drones have many applications on your farm and are surprisingly approachable.
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The Alberta EFP - Building Market opportunities for farmers
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The Alberta EFP - Building Market opportunities for farmers

Alberta EFPOct 19, 2021
The Alberta EFP - Building Market Opportunities for Farmers. October 19, 2021 – Edmonton, Alberta – Alberta Environmental Farm Plan The agriculture...
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Riparian Areas
Beneficial Management Practices

Riparian Areas

Alberta EFPMay 13, 2021
The key to maintaining healthy water bodies is understanding how their riparian areas work and understanding the impact of land-use practices on water body environmental benefits.
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News Release - Giving farmers choice on how to preserve biodiversity
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News Release - Giving farmers choice on how to preserve biodiversity

Alberta EFPApr 23, 2021
Giving farmers choice on how to preserve biodiversity April 23, 2021 – Edmonton, Alberta – Alberta Environmental Farm Plan With new content...
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Understanding Habitat Management Together
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Understanding Habitat Management Together

Alberta EFPMar 16, 2021
Alberta EFP is looking for feedback on its new Habitat Management Chapter and how to communicate about biodiversity with producers.
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Alberta EFP is updating to a new version of the online webbook.  Included in the update is a new Habitat Management Tool that includes the Habitat & Biodiversity Assessment Tool. 
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New tools to understand natural habitats on farmland

Alberta EFPMar 03, 2021
Alberta EFP is updating to a new version of the online webbook.  Included in the update is a new Habitat Management Tool that includes the Habitat & Biodiversity Assessment Tool.