The school in Altario, Alta., conducts a research project that grows livestock fodder using an indoor hydroponics system
Glacier FarmMedia – There’s been a lot of conversation about vertical hydroponic-based farming and its possible role in food sovereignty. Students at one small-town Alberta school are testing how the technology could be used to feed cattle. The research project at Altario school involves growing cattle fodder in an indoor hydroponics system. It’s not a […] Read moreTag Archives Altario
Residents push back on rural decline
Rural revitalization in this part of east-central Alberta takes a village — and a community, a school and a group effort
MEDICINE HAT — Along the rolling Neutral Hills of east-central Alberta near the Saskatchewan border, a group of communities are bucking the trend of declining rural towns. Kirriemuir, Altario and Compeer, collectively known as KAC, and the nearby communities of Consort and Veteran, are pushing back against pressures that see populations shrink in many hamlets, […] Read more
