Ah, the summer BBQ; Grade A-Alberta Beef with sweet corn and crusty bread! All grown to perfection in our backyard. With over 11,000 farms generating close to $1 Billion, Northern Alberta's agricultural industry is a vibrant component of our prosperity.

If you think beef, wheat, and canola is all that's grown on Northern Albertan farms, you're in for a surprise. In Northern Alberta, agriculture means diversification. Northern Alberta enjoys 2900 annual hours of sunshine. With 95 frost free-days and 18 hours of daylight during our peak growing season, we also grow products like corn, flax, barley, peas, and alfalfa.

And these products are part of the growing value-added sector that puts our products right on your grocery shelf.

Along with cattle, our ranchers raise hogs, elk, poultry, sheep, and bison. And there is a niche of exotic farms that specialize in llamas, mink, ostrich, and chinchilla! Not to be forgotten is Northern Alberta's famous honey, supplied by the numerous apiaries in our region. Employment in the Agricultural industry can be as close as the family farm or as far as the Sales Rep placing the packaged product on the shelf.

And if it's agricultural research that attracts you, you'll be delighted to learn that our commitment to innovation and quality improvement is continuous. Regional research organizations, supported by area producers and municipalities, carry out demonstration projects and applied research trials specific to local climatic, geographic and soil conditions. Further innovative research specific to northern Alberta's unique growing conditions is carried out by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at its research facilities in Fort Vermilion and Beaverlodge.

Join us. There's lots of opportunity to grow in Northern Alberta!