Conservation trusts available
Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corp.’s call for letters of interest is open with more than $9 million available for land and water conservation projects in 2022.
The Conservation and GROW Trusts provide funding opportunities for nature-based solutions to climate change.
To date, the organization has committed $17.9 million to 119 projects with 44 conservation groups in the province.
There are two available funding sources: Conservation Trust due Oct. 8 and the Growing Outcomes in Watersheds due Oct. 15.
Applications may be submitted in six conservation trust categories including watersheds, habitat and wildlife, soil health, innovation, conservation planning and connecting people to nature.
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For more information, visit mhhc.mb.ca or call 833-323-4636.
Donation made to innovation centre
Assiniboine’s Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture has received $500,000 from Mazergroup Ltd., the largest New Holland dealer group in North America.
Mazergroup provides an entrance award each year to students in the Agriculture Equipment Technician and Heavy Duty Technician programs, and has loaned agricultural equipment to these programs for hands-on learning.
In Manitoba, it’s projected that one in five jobs in agriculture will go unfilled by 2025.
Sask Wheat hires executive director
Blair Goldade is the new executive director at Sask Wheat following the retirement of Harvey Brooks this fall.
Goldade was Sask Wheat’s research program manager and science co-ordinator of the Canadian National Wheat Cluster for the Canadian Wheat Research Coalition.
Before joining Sask Wheat, Goldade served as the executive director for the Agriculture Council of Saskatchewan (2012-14), overseeing Government of Canada funding for Saskatchewan agricultural projects through programs such as the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program.
Mentorship finalists selected
The Cattlemen’s Young Leaders Mentorship Program announced 16 finalists for 2021-22.
The finalists will be awarded a $2,000 travel budget and be paired with a hand-picked industry leader for a nine-month mentorship in their area of interest.
Semi-finalists participated in virtual round-table discussions about advancements in sustainability, communicating the positive contributions of the beef industry, farm operation benchmarking and financial skills, farm equipment right to repair legislation and the economic, social and environmental return of ag businesses.
The 2021 finalists are:
- British Columbia: Julia Flinton from Williams Lake, Amanda Miller from Lumby, Janine Rubin from Rose Prairie
- Alberta: Diane Van Essen from Picture Butte, Nikki Olson from Red Deer County, Rheanne Ritchie from Didsbury, Laura Macrae from Westlock, Tia Schram from Bruderheim, Melissa Gablehaus from Rochester
- Saskatchewan: Brock Larson from Simmie, Holly Sparrow from Vanscoy, Logan Houff from Eston
- Ontario: Emily Potter from Earlton, Laura Scott from Oxford Mills
- Québec: Victor Drury from La Pêche
- Newfoundland and Labrador: Darren Dinsmore from Goose Bay
