Soil Your Undies (Soil Conservation of Canada) AND Business Plans for Farm Operations

The Soil Conservation Council of Canada is the face and voice of soil conservation and health in Canada. It works with the value chain to advocate for government and industry, promote the benefits of improved soils and demonstrate best management practices to achieve healthier soils across the agricultural landscape. Executive Director Jim Tokarchuk will share the work of the council and explains one of the efforts to raise public awareness through the SOIL YOUR UNDIES program.Art Lange is an independent farm business consultant based near Edmonton. Art has worked in many areas of the agriculture and food industry in Alberta and B.C. for almost 40 years.He has experience in the farm machinery industry, feed industry, inspection work with the federal government, living and working on a hog farm, and selling veterinary medicines for a multi-national drug company.For for 20 years he worked at Alberta Agriculture. Art took all of those experiences and created his own consulting business called AJL Consulting.He's going to talk about his experience creating business plans for farm operations and shares some of the dos and don'ts of getting this important document together and why every farm should have one.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.