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Report on local food demand in the Calgary Region

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This is the first regional study to be conducted about demand for local food in Alberta. It focused on Census District 6, which includes the City of Calgary and the immediately adjacent region,... More ≫

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This is the first regional study to be conducted about demand for local food in Alberta. It focused on Census District 6, which includes the City of Calgary and the immediately adjacent region, including Airdrie, Cochrane, Okotoks, High River, Olds and other towns and villages in the region. Topics covered in the study include: consumer awareness, market value, market profiles and the growth potential of local food market channels; top local food items; gaps in the supply of local food items/attributes; production attributes and other motivators that attract consumers to local food; barriers to consumer support for local food; and consumer perceptions of food and agriculture issues.

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Southeast Alberta Conservation Offset Pilot : linking decisions and assumptions with generally accepted offset principles

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The Southeast Alberta Conservation Offset Pilot was created to test a voluntary, market-based approach to address temporary industrial impacts on southeastern Alberta native prairie by... More ≫

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The Southeast Alberta Conservation Offset Pilot was created to test a voluntary, market-based approach to address temporary industrial impacts on southeastern Alberta native prairie by establishing term contracts with private landowners to establish native perennial species on cultivated land. The objective of this report is to show how the decisions and choices made throughout the pilot align with generally-accepted offset principles as described by the Business and Biodiversity Offset Programme and generally-accepted offset practices.

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