Alberta Beef Producers is now accepting nominations for the 2024 Environmental Stewardship Award (ESA). Each year, this prestigious award recognizes beef producers who exemplify environmentally sustainable beef cattle production. The ESA program provides a way to celebrate beef producers who go above and beyond in their commitment to environmental stewardship. It’s also an opportunity to…
By Anna Dulisse, Living Here For decades, Glen and Kelly Hall have been stewarding hundreds of acres of Alberta land in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, on Timber Ridge Ranch and Glen’s family’s farm. It is their home, their livelihood, and their legacy. “Our land is our retirement,” Kelly says. “We don’t have…
Another Calgary Stampede is in the books, and Alberta Beef Producers was excited to be part of the action! Here’s a brief roundup of a few of the activities we took part in this year: Alberta Beef Industry Stampede Summit Along with other beef industry organizations, ABP welcomed provincial and federal politicians to our second…
Since 1992, Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) has recognized farms and ranches across the province whose natural resource stewardship practices contribute to the environment and enhance productivity and profitability. Alberta Beef Producers, Ducks Unlimited Canada, and the Nature Conservancy of Canada are pleased to announce Wray Ranch and the Wray family as the recipients of the…
Revisiting the 2015 Environmental Stewardship Award recipient, Bar S Ranch Every beef operation in Alberta has a story worth telling. When the Chattaway family of Bar S Ranch shares their story, it speaks to four generations of ranchers protecting the land that sustains their cattle and livelihood. This dedication earned the ranch, located west of…
Every year, Alberta Beef Producers has the distinct privilege of celebrating producers who exemplify environmentally sustainable cattle production, through the Environmental Stewardship Award. We thought it would be fun to go through our archives and highlight some ESA alumni. And maybe, just maybe, you’ll consider nominating someone for the 2023 ESA. Bar None South Ranches,…
Alberta Beef Producers is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Environmental Stewardship Award (ESA). Each year, this prestigious award recognizes beef producers who exemplifu environmentally sustainable beef production. The ESA program is a fantastic way to celebrate beef producers who go above and beyond in their commitment to environmental stewardship. It’s also an opportunity to…
For the Fossen family of south central British Columbia (B.C.), applying proper stewardship to forage and water management on their private land as well as Crown range pastures not only benefits the environment, it makes good business sense for their ranching operation. As the second and third generation on the Bar 7 Ranch near Rock…
Alberta Beef Producers is pleased to present Ribbon Creek Ranch, owned and operated by Dawn and Jerry Baerg and their family, with the 2022 Environmental Stewardship Award. Calgary, Alberta – Alberta Beef Producers pleased to present the 2022 Environmental Stewardship Award (ESA) to Dawn and Jerry Baerg and family with an honorary gate sign. Ribbon Creek Ranch…
Alberta Beef Producers was pleased to host an evening with the 2022 Environmental Stewardship Award (ESA) recipients in Three Hills, AB. Brad Dubeau, General Manager, Alberta Beef Producers (ABP), and Chris Israelson, ESA Chair, presented Dawn and Jerry Baerg and family with an honorary gate sign, and attendees were the first to screen the award video highlighting Ribbon…
Since 1992, Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) has recognized farms and ranches across the province whose natural resource stewardship practices contribute to the environment and enhance productivity and profitability. This year, Ribbon Creek Ranch, near Linden, Alberta, has been selected as the recipient of the 2022 Environmental Stewardship Award (ESA). “The judges were really impressed with…
Since 1992, Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) has recognized and awarded cattle operations that demonstrate exemplary environmental stewardship in the province. In April at a Producer Town Hall, the organization presented the Environmental Stewardship Award (ESA) to Scott and Elan Lees of Soderglen South. With every passing year, the dedication of Alberta ranchers to environmental stewardship raises the bar. This year…
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