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Complete a survey to help promote benefits of Canadian pulses

Canadian pea and lentil growers are needed to help promoting the environmental benefit of Canadian pulses. Complete a survey on your production methods here by Feb. 7 for a chance to win a $1,000 Amazon gift card: .
 
Pulse Canada is developing a complete inventory of data for Canadian pea and lentil production to produce national-level life cycle assessments of Canadian pea and lentil production, which will outline the environmental impacts of these two production systems.
 
The objectives of the project are to:
 
Develop representative life cycle inventories for Canadian peas and lentils suitable for incorporation into public LCA databases; and
Develop ISO-compliant life cycle analyses of Canadian pea and lentil production.
 
Source : Alberta pulse

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Green Certificate Program celebrates 50 years.

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In 1975, Alberta’s government announced a new training program for the province’s future farmers, the first of its kind in Canada. Alberta is celebrating 50 successful years of this popular rural employment and training program, which helps high school students enter and build careers in agriculture while earning credits at the same time.