Alberta Agri-Food Futures
Alberta’s agri-food industry is a gentle giant that’s about to awaken.
It’s an industry with scale, built on a foundation of excellence, and bubbling with a bundle of potential.
It’s an industry recognized and respected internationally, yet sometimes misunderstood and frequently forgotten by the home audience.
It’s an industry older than the province yet aligned to the future.
It’s an industry galvanized with a purpose: to feed a growing global population while protecting the environment here at home: addressing climate change and providing a natural habitat for wildlife.
The agri-food industry is Alberta’s largest employer. Alberta’s agri-food sector in 2020 was a $56 billion industry, with total sales beating that of Alberta’s oil sales in 2020.
It’s rural and urban; traditional and high tech, and it touches everyone. And Alberta’s agri-food industry is a platform for renewed growth – in jobs, investment, and economic development.