Name: LLOYDMINSTER - Farm Weather Report for the Week of Sept 15 by RRC soundbites
Duration: 1 min 30 s
Description: RRC Meteorologist David Spence shares insight for the weather for northeast Alberta and parts of Saskatchewan.

RRC Meteorologist David Spence shares insight for the weather for northeast Alberta and parts of Saskatchewan.

LLOYDMINSTER  - Farm Weather Report for the Week of Sept 15

What is food? Food is life. Food is memory, roots, land, and the knowledge of our ancestors. Food is a right, not a privilege. Eighty years ago, the world made a promise to grow, share, feed communities and live better through food. This World Food Day, October 16, let’s all walk together hand in hand. Honour traditions. Cultivate innovation. Harvest a better future. To leave no one behind. Visit www.fao.org/wfd to learn more.

The English and French versions feature voiceovers by renowned actors and dedicated FAO Champions, Lambert Wilson and Charlotte Rampling. As FAO Champions, both have used their public profiles to advocate for key FAO initiatives. Lambert Wilson, acclaimed French actor and singer, has actively supported FAO’s emergency and Zero Hunger campaigns and also collaborated on FAO’s Common Oceans initiative in the past as well as recently at the Oceans Conference in Nice. Charlotte Rampling, an internationally acclaimed actress, brings her longstanding commitment to global humanitarian causes to her role as an FAO Champion. Having contributed to UN Peace campaigns in the past, Charlotte Rampling is now championing FAO’s  World Food Day theme of Better Foods for a Better future.

Narrator: Charlotte Rampling and Lambert Wilson
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Mental Health and Addiction Minister Rick Wilson and Chief Cody Thomas provided an update on the recovery community being built in partnership with Enoch Cree Nation.
Learn More: https://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=93962D79F4304-CB31-F655-107E22116AD22875

Recovery community taking shape in Enoch Nation - September 19, 2025

In this episode of the Rural Roots Canada Podcast, host Tim Parent sits down with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, the Food Professor and Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, to discuss why food and agriculture were left out of Canada’s first wave of nation-building projects. Dr. Charlebois unpacks what that omission says about Canada’s priorities on the world stage, the risks of sidelining agrifood in big-picture policy, and why infrastructure, research, and strategy are key to strengthening Canada’s rural future.

RRC Podcast Ep. 8 - Sept. 19 - Agriculture & Nation-Building with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

Big Marble Farms near Medicine Hat, Alberta is upgrading its lighting system with help from a $2.2 million grant from the Government of Alberta. The aim is to reduce emissions and help the facility producing more food.

Big Marble is investing more than $3 million of its own money, alongside the $2.2 million grant, to install more than 5,000 horticulture grow lights in its greenhouse facilties. 

Big Marble Farms Secures $2.2M Grant to Boost Greenhouse Lighting, Cut Emissions

Farm Credit Canada says it’s time to rethink where Canadian food ends up. A new report by FCC highlights a $12-billion opportunity to diversify exports beyond the U.S.

Right now, more than three-quarters of Canada’s food and beverage exports head south of the border. FCC President Justine Hendricks says that leaves farmers and processors exposed.

In a statement she says “Diversifying food and beverage exports beyond the U.S. will not only strengthen producers’ resilience but also benefit Canadian consumers and the broader economy.”

‘The $12-Billion Trade Shift’: FCC Report Maps Out Food Export Diversification

A central Alberta maltster is warning that phasing out malt barley variety research in Lacombe could hurt the industry. 

Funding is shifting research priorities toward feed barley, raising concerns about the future of malt barley breeding in Alberta, which produces half of Canada’s barley and a third of North America’s.

Alberta Maltster Raises Concerns Over Barley Research Shift

Two bridges in Calgary were named in honour of fallen Canadian soldier Corporal Nathan Hornburg.
Learn more: https://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=93989DCD9F14D-C8DE-C592-B0FD121F47F026D7

Bridge named in remembrance of a fallen soldier - September 25, 2025

A new short documentary is shining a spotlight on the connection between beef production and wildlife habitat. Homes on the Range is the fourth in a series produced by the Canadian Cattle Association.

Documentary Spotlights Connection Between Beef Production and Wildlife Habitat

RRC Meteorologist David Spence shares insight into the weather forecasts for the week of September 29 for central Alberta.

Olds Farm Weather Report for September 29

RRC strives to tell unique stories from the agriculture community that show the true roots of the industry. It will also show off new products and ideas from the ever evolving industry.

LLOYDMINSTER - Farm Weather Report for the Week of Sept 15

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