The Final Mile Rural Community Program consists of a $5 million initiative to fund projects that enable high-speed Internet access to unserviced locations in rural Alberta. This funding program is part of the Government of Alberta’s Final Mile Rural Connectivity Initiative to extend high-speed Internet connectivity to the vast majority of Albertans.
Before submitting a full proposal, or for additional information on the Final Mile Rural Community Program, please contact our office at rural@gov.ab.ca or by calling us at 780-427-2409.
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REAL Beef: Linking Food Consumers with Land Stewards
After another full day at work, you come flying into the house, slap a couple steaks on the barbeque, wolf down the meal before rushing off to sports, music lessons, community meetings . . . sound familiar? If, in the constant swirl of life’s activity, you had put any particular thought into your steak purchase, it might have been that you wanted to eat Alberta beef. But what does that really mean? It probably engenders some vaguely Hollywood image of the lonesome cowboy driving his herd through the foothills. At sunset. With a sparkling creek chattering its way out of the mountains. But that’s only if you really thought about it.
Many of us now have no connection to the source of the food we eat. A generation ago, we would have had at least a close relative who farmed, linking us to the land and food production. But the farm population shrinks with every census and most of us have lost that vital connection to our food: where it’s produced and who grows it.
The Alberta Riparian Habitat Management Society, better known as Cows and Fish, has spent the last 15 months working on REAL (Ranchers Enhancing Alberta’s Landscapes) Beef, a project to reconnect us with our food sources. Read more . . . |