ALUS is Alternative Land Use Services and is a way to pay producers for Environmental Goods and Services produced on the farmer's land. ALUS is a national program, with provincial support bodies but is delivered on a local scale. In AB that means counties/Municipalities. A couple of key tenants of the program are that the works done by "the farmers hand" are eligible, and that the local delivery is decided by an advisory committee that is majority farmers. Our country was the first in AB to have an ALUS program. It started as a pilot about 10 years ago and has grown from there. Services include things like carbon sequestration, wildlife habitat, pollinator species, water cycle and purification processes, etc.
The ALUS program has been growing fast the last few years. If you want more information the ALUS.ca site is a good one that can guide you to whatever local area your interest lies in.
We were pretty early adopters of ALUS in AB and it has worked really well for our ranch. As a farmer, I am still in control (not like crop insurance or a myriad of other programs). It has led to help with some good ecological improvements on our ranch.
The ALUS program has been growing fast the last few years. If you want more information the ALUS.ca site is a good one that can guide you to whatever local area your interest lies in.
We were pretty early adopters of ALUS in AB and it has worked really well for our ranch. As a farmer, I am still in control (not like crop insurance or a myriad of other programs). It has led to help with some good ecological improvements on our ranch.
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