14 - PRAIRIE POST - Friday,April 23, 2010
An environmental strategy shows producers care
SWIFT CURRENT
The Farm Business Development Initiative (FBDI) is gaining momentum. Producers are learning about the program and the opportunity to improve their farm management capabilities. This article will address the fifth of the nine progressive farm business management areas targeted in the program — Environmental Strategy.
Why should you be concerned?
A farm business shares the landscape,
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do care about environmental protection and are good stewards of the resources they manage. By implementing an environmental strategy, producers promote awareness of environmental issues in agriculture, improve environmental management practices, encourage public recognition of farmers’ stewardship efforts and can help positively position
Canadian agricultural products in world markets.
soil resource, surface water and air with the local community. In most cases, the farmer also lives in the community. Stewardship of the natural resources creates an advantage for both the farm and the community.
Why do I need an Environmental Strategy?
Developing an environmental strategy shows the general public that producers
What is an Environmental Strategy?
An environmental strategy is a written plan, outlining ways your agricultural practices can protect and improve natural resources for future generations. This strategy can be developed by assessing your farming practices and methods and identifying areas that would be improved though Beneficial Management Practices (BMP). These practices can include using GPS to eliminate spray overlap of chemicals or
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By examining your farming practices, you can:
• Maintain and improve the land, water,
air, woodlands and wildlife resource bases;
• Determine if there are any compliance issues with regulations that affect agriculture;
• Assess the impact risk of farming practices on the environment; • Create business opportunities.
What will an environmental strategy do for me?
By implementing an environmental strategy, you can position your farm business as a resource steward and as a partner.
• Incorporate beneficial management stewardship practices to improve and maintain the land, water, air, woodlot and wildlife resource bases; • Meet regulatory and industry environmental standards;
• Manage the impact risk of farming practices on the environment; and • Maximize business opportunities
through environmental stewardship activities.
Need help?
In addition to help provided through Saskatchewan Agriculture’s network of regional offices, you may wish to contact the following program administrators for environmental programs or assistance: Environmental Farm Plan Program and Farm Stewardship Program - delivered by the Provincial Council of Agriculture and Diversification Boards (PCAB). Visit the PCAB website at www.sask pcab.com; or call toll free 1-866-298-7222. Farm and Ranch Water Infrastructure
Program — administered by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture. Details and application forms are available by calling 1-877-874-5365, or visit www.agriculture.gov.sk.ca.
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• Contact a Regional Farm Business Management specialist in your area; or • Phone the Agriculture Knowledge
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Donna Sagin is a Regional Farm Business Management Specialist, Regional Services Branch, Swift Current.
From paper to podium with one simple CD-ROM
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preparing for a speech or presentation, have wished that there was a single resource that had everything they might need to know about public speaking and presentations, packaged into one, easily- navigated, interactive, bright and shiny place. A resource that fits this bill is now available from Alberta 4-H. “After sorting through a mountain of manuals, papers, binders, brochures, leaflets and one-page info sheets, Jess Hainstock and I were able to pare a two- foot paper pile down to one interactive CD-ROM,” says Cameron Horner, communications and marketing specialist with Alberta 4-H. “Ideally, this resource will take the place of the aforementioned ‘paper pile’ and help streamline and ease the delivery of 4-H’s highly touted communications program.” With interactive learning modules, video footage and site hosts (one of whom is Alberta 4-H’s very own Kayla Getzinger), the goal of this resource is to be able to stand alone and act as a travelling workshop. “The greatest part of this resource is that it is all-inclusive and is easily adapted to fit different needs and environments. Used in a group workshop setting or in the comfort of someone’s
own home, this resource takes the guess work out of the elements associated with doing a speech or illustrated talk, such as brainstorming, research, pronunciation, delivery, word count, and presentation,” Cameron states. Dialogue, video, practice pages, tip sheets, games and evaluation tools create a quality learning experience for users, giving them the skills and the confidence to speak and present not only in day-to-day life, but in future professional endeavours. From Paper to Podium is available
through the resource section of the Alberta 4-H website (www.4h.ab.ca), or as a link on Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development’s website at www.agriculture.alberta.ca “If you’re a member of a 4-H club, look no further than Fall 2010, as each registered 4-H club will also be receiving a hard copy version of this resource in their club’s 2010 Fall Mailout package, due to arrive at courier locations in early September,” says Jess Hainstock, communication co-ordinator with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development’s 4-H and Ag Education Programs. The From Paper to Podium interactive CD-ROM is a Growing Forward-funded initiative.
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