The ASWC, Alberta Agriculture, Alberta Food Processors Association, Olds College, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency have been exploring the option of composting the Canada West offal. Although determining an appropriate project is proving to be difficult, we are very optimistic that a viable project will be underway early in this fiscal year. Value chains may become part of the solution for our industry. By teaming up with other industry commissions, we are in a very strong position to deal with animal rights concerns. The ASWC publishes 5 newsletters each year in the Shepherd's Journal.
Articles offer extension information, plus general industry updates.
Work included researching, interviewing, and writing the sheep dairy, purebred, and wool sections of the Business Plan 2000, a data-base update and producer survey, plus extension work putting together a comprehensive resource binder for Alberta sheep groups. The areas they wanted to see us work on included offering more extension support, marketing, and in light of current wool prices, projects to educate people regarding the virtues of wool. Information includes resource lists of Alberta abattoirs, dealers, shearers, feed testing sites, etc.