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Horticulture Diploma @ Olds College
The Horticulture Programs at Olds College continue in a tradition of educational excellence in Environmental and Production Horticulture. A Horticulture Diploma will give you the technical and business training you need as well as a credential that is recognized and respected in the horticulture industry.
Good Work Canada
GoodWork Canada has been operating since 2001 as a website designed to connect passionate, green-minded people with opportunities to contribute and be employed in Canada’s eco-community. The site is best known for listings of green jobs, contracts, internships, and other opportunities available on the web and by e-mail.
Alberta WaterSMART
Alberta WaterSMART is a not-for-profit society dedicated to the improvement of water management awareness, technologies and practices in Alberta. The organization is committed to improving water management through better technologies and practices.
Bio-Synergy Resources Inc.
Bio-synergy offers a wide variety of Environmental Site Assessments. Each type of assessment targets a specific inquiry and may be implemented separately or in combination in order to satisfy each specific site assessment.
Saturn Environmental
SATURN can provide environmental services in areas of surface rights issues, soil and water quality sampling and testing, riparian and wetland assessments, vegetation and rare plant surveys, in addition to restoration, reclamation, and remediation assessments to our clients
University of Alberta, Department of Rural Economy
Rural Economy faculty and students pursue excellence in socio-economic research and teaching. A unique group of applied economists and sociologists in the University of Alberta’s Department of Rural Economy work on agriculture, forestry and issues of the environment.
Slow Food Edmonton
The mission of Slow Food is to create a robust, active movement that protects taste, culture and the environment as universal social values. Slow Food Edmonton is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to supporting and celebrating the food traditions of Edmonton and Northern Alberta.
Ellis Bird Farm
Located in the heart of central Alberta, Ellis Bird Farm is both a working farm as well as a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of Mountain Bluebirds, Tree Swallows and other native cavity-nesting birds.
NAIT, Landscape Architectural Technology Program
Landscape architecture is the profession committed to the creation of meaningful and vital outdoor places and to the sustainable management of our environment. Landscape architects strive to establish a balance between our use and enjoyment of the land with the conservation and health of the environment.
ECO Canada (Enviromental Careers Organization)
ECO Canada develops programs that meet both the demand of employers (recruitment and retention tools and human resource materials) and facilitates the supply of labour by providing practitioners and students with career resources, internships, and certification.
Schoolfinder.com
Schoolfinder.com features over 1,700 listings of post-secondary schools, hundreds of career profiles, the 3-Step Career Quiz — and Canada’s most comprehensive searchable scholarship database featuring over 60,000 scholarships awards and bursaries.
North American Weed Management Association
North American Weed Management Association (NAWMA) is a network of public and private professional weed managers who are involved in implementing any phase of a county, municipal, district, state, provincial or federal noxious weed law.
Norwest Labs
Norwest Labs is a full-service analytical testing laboratory. They have 12 locations around the world with nine labs located in Canada. Norwest Labs provide a comprehensive list of agriculture, food, environment and energy testing services.
Environmental Field Technician
Jason Chiasson rarely sees the inside of an office; he’s too busy in the field, where the action is. As field technician for Geobac Technology Group, a company that specialises in decontaminating soil and groundwater, Jason’s job is supervising the team that cleans up environmental messes such as oil and gas spills.
Ducks Unlimited Canada: Job Bank
Are you interested in working for Canada’s most trusted and respected conservation company, Ducks Unlimited?
E Jobs
E Jobs links to environmental opportunities in the USA and Canada. Employment includes careers such as environmental engineers, nature and wetlands scientists, GIS, technicians, chemists, earth sciences / geologists, policy and law, wildlife conservation, planning, education, wastewater treatment and operations, program and project management, natural resources, etc.
The New Farm
The Rodale Institute, a global leader in regenerative agriculture, is devoted to innovative agriculture research, outreach and training through The New Farm programs. The institute works with people worldwide to achieve a regenerative food system that renews and improves environmental and human health, working with the philosophy that “Healthy Soil = Healthy Food = Healthy People(TM)”.
Climate Change Central
Climate Change Central is a unique public-private partnership that promotes the development of innovative responses to global climate change and its impacts. Climate Change Central empowers Albertans to take action on climate change through consumer rebate programs, demonstration projects and educational outreach.
Canadian Society BioEngineering
The Canadian Society BioEngineering (CSBE) is the Canadian society for engineering in agricultural, food, environmental, and biological systems.
Alberta Environment
Alberta Environment is a partner in protecting and enhancing Alberta’s natural environment, to ensure the continued enjoyment of a clean and healthy environment by all.
Alberta Irrigation Projects Association
Representing Alberta’s Irrigation Districts, Alberta Irrigation participates in education and outreach, policy development and research activities. Alberta Irrigation provides up-to-date information about the status and benefits of irrigation and its associated water management infrastructure to federal, provincial and local government officials, departments and agencies, water management stakeholders, its own members, the public and the media.
Environmental Programs Coordinator
Do you like the idea of working towards environmentally sustainable agriculture? Operating within the frameworks of provincial government bodies, an Environmental Programs Coordinator works with a province-wide team of program extension specialists to gather, examine, understand, and report on information related to the environment and the agriculture industry.
University of Alberta, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences
Programs within the Faculty focus on three major resources: the natural resource including soil and water; the biological resource, including animals, crops and forests; and the human resource, including individuals and communities. Our strength comes from our diversity and our depth in both the natural and social sciences. We are different from any other faculty in the country and clearly “More than you expect”.
Agrinet: Job Bank
Agrinet is an online job bank portal that offers a handful of job postings for central Alberta agriculture and food related careers. Employers and potential employees may find this kind of service useful.
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More Than You Think!
The agriculture and food industry has a lot more opportunity than you might have imagined including careers in production and processing, and also science, technology, and all sorts of management roles. Our Career Profiles directory is also packed with lots of useful information and features to help you find the right kind of career for you.
Maybe you are looking for a new career opportunity through training and education. Perhaps you're thinking about building your work skills and experience to improve your current career? Or, it could be that you looking for a new way to use the skills you already have to find the job you want?
We think we can help. Soil to Sky is your directory to web-based information about agriculture, food, and everything you might need to build a rewarding, balanced career in our industry.
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!
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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!
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