Agriculture for Life: Recent Episodes
agricultureforlife
Agriculture for Life’s podcast takes listeners beyond the grocery store aisle to discover the story of agriculture and food. Enjoy our fresh picked menu of podcast topics ranging from agriculture careers, food and nutrition, safety, tech and innovation, climate change and more. Agriculture for Life is a charitable organization dedicated to building a greater understanding and appreciation of agriculture and its fundamental connection to life.
Take a tour with us through Foothills Creamery and see how butter and ice cream is made. You might even discover your new favourite treat!
Turn learning into action. Download our homemade ice cream activity and give making ice cream a try.
Homemade Ice Cream Instructions
Interview With Dana Murphy on Animal Welfare - Peace Officer for AB SPCA. A conversation on how farm animals cope with harsh Alberta winter conditions.
In this first Agriculture for Life Safety Spotlight episode, Candy Parker from the Foothills Fire Department provides tips on water safety, having a fire escape plan for your home, why it is important your kids know their rural address and how to prevent fires on your property and machinery.
In Episode 4: We pick up our conversation with expert gardeners and authors Sheryl Normandeau and Janet Melrose.
In part 2 of this conversation, Normandeau and Melrose talk about why we have seen so many people pick up gardening during the pandemic, how you can catch the ‘happy germ’ and why they work with Agriculture For Life.
Gardening is a powerful learning tool. In this third episode, expert gardeners and authors Sheryl Normandeau and Janet Melrose talk about the vast range of skills kids and their parents will learn through gardening, their love of helping budding gardeners, and the two books they just put out.
In this episode, we talk to Keith Gregory, who is the General Manager of Cattleland Feedyards near Strathmore in southern Alberta.
Keith talks about how he grew up in the cattle industry, his passion for raising them, some of the misconceptions of feedlots, and the attention they pay to the welfare of the livestock.
In this episode we talk to Kelly Smith-Fraser, who is a cattle rancher from central Alberta.
Kelly walks us through what goes into raising cattle year-round, her passion for her lifestyle and career, and what goes into producing the beef that we enjoy.
Kelly is also the Chair of the Alberta Beef Producers.