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so long, and thanks for all the fish…

We are sad to announce that Soil to Sky has not been granted an extension of its operating funding and that Agriculture & Food Council has officially begun the complex process of transitioning the site towards either (a) new ownership or (b) termination of operations.
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Alberta Government Imposes Hiring Freeze

The Alberta government imposed an immediate hiring freeze for an indefinite period of time, sending a memo to all provincial government employees on Thursday.

Labour Data in Alberta’s Tree Nurseries

A recent report titled Outlook For Alberta’s Commercial Tree Nursery Industry (funded in part by the Agriculture & Food Council) contains a section with fairly recent data on labour, wages, and hiring in Alberta’s tree nurseries.

Twitter Question: March 30, 2009

Just new to the social networking scene, we’d thought we’d stick out our nose and ponder what others are saying about some of the issues we’ve encountered in agriculture locally.

Soil to Sky on Twitter

Follow us on Twitter! As of March 2009, we’re Tweeting our updates to everyone’s favourite micro-blogging site. Follow us and we’ll follow you! Share your insight on a great career in agriculture and food.
http://twitter.com/soiltosky

Resourcing for the Future

On behalf of the Agriculture & Food Council, I would like to invite you to attend our upcoming Congress for business leaders in the agriculture and food industry. Resourcing for the Future, the 2009 Human Resource Congress will take place in Calgary, Alberta on April 7th and 8th, 2009.

The Ten Questions Project

Soil to Sky is looking for people like you who work in Alberta’s agriculture and food industry. Find your 15 minutes of fame and help counter Alberta’ labour shortages by filling out the short survey for your chance to be a featured Soil to Sky career profile. It’s a great opportunity to share your experiences in agriculture and food with youth exploring career options.

2008 Monsanto Scholarships

The Monsanto Canada Opportunity Scholarship Program is for Canadian high school students from family farms who have successfully enrolled at a Canadian educational institution (degree or diploma) in a first-year agricultural sciences or forestry program.
Click here for more information and links.

New podcast now online!

It’s February 19th, 2008 and we’ve just uploaded the second episode of our Soil to Sky Careers Podcast. Remember to subscribe via iTunes or your favorite media player and the latest episodes will download automatically to your computer.

Welcome to the new Soil to Sky!

As of February 1, 2008 we’ve had a bit of a face-lift. In the last third of 2007 we conducted a user-survey and you responded. Thanks! Now, with the results and feedback from how our audience uses this site and how youth in our industry search for information on careers, we’ve updated our tools to help you find what you are looking for, faster.

Links to Topical Articles

In an effort to bring relevant and topical articles to the attention of regular users of Soil to Sky, our News and Blog category will be used to add interesting links and information directly into this site. Look for more postings here after we launch our new design!

Sub-Categories

Can you answer just ten questions?

Soil to Sky has launched The Ten Questions Project, a wide-reaching survey for folks with jobs in the agriculture and food industry. Even if you don't think you have the most exciting career going, someone wants to know what you do every day -- its the information our users crave as they plan their own career paths. Click on the link and take a few minutes to tell us about your career. Somebody will be glad you did!

• The Ten Questions Project

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Partners in Job Information

Right now other great websites are helping you find careers in industries supporting the agriculture and food industry. Not sure if we're exactly what you're looking for? Why not visit one of our partner sites.

ECO Canada has Canada's Largest Environmental Job Board with hundreds of employers posting new environmental career opportunities every day -- and many of those are directly related to agriculture and food production!

Random Listings

Don't know where to start? Why not try something from the selections below?

Provost Livestock Exchange is located in the progressive town of Provost, Alberta, which is 85 miles south of Lloydminster. Provost Livestock Exchange handles over 90,000 head of cattle a year, and the seven field men cover the market needs of Eastern Alberta and Western Saskatchewan. ...

• Provost Livestock Exchange

Buzzin Bees is a Danish site devoted to beekeeping and information on the topic. The site contains lots of links about beekeeping in Europe, North America, and internationally. ...

• Buzzin Bees

Latest Podcast

Tired of reading? Why not turn up the volume on one of our great career podcasts?

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