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Alberta Pulse Growers Commission is a not-for-profit organization representing over 5,400 Alberta farmers who grow pulses like field peas, dry beans, lentils, chickpeas, soybeans, lupins and faba beans.

Through research, advocacy, marketing, and education, we promote the benefits of pulses in sustainable farming and healthy diets – helping farmers increase profitability and giving consumers healthier food options.

Buying Or Selling Pulses?

Alberta Pulse Growers Commission is a farmer-led commission and does not buy, sell or ship products. To purchase Alberta-grown pulses please refer to the Pulse Buyers list

What's New

Apr 2 2026
Pulse Market Insight #295
Are US Acreage Changes a Signal for Canada? A few weeks ago, StatsCan released its seeding intentions estimates…
Apr 1 2026
Alberta crop & livestock producers welcome emergency authorization of strychnine
Alberta crop and livestock producer organizations are welcoming the Government of Alberta’s success in securing an emergency use…
Mar 26 2026
Dry Bean Breeder Dr. Parthiba Balasubramanian honoured with 12th Annual Alberta Pulse Industry Innovator Award
Alberta Pulse Growers (APG) selected Dr. Parthiba Balasubramanian, who continues to develop dry bean cultivars with useful traits…

Upcoming Events

2026 Apr 08
Roots So Deep: Episode 4 and Q&A
Roots So Deep (you can see the devil down there) is a 4-part documentary series all about inventive farmers and maverick scientists building a path to solving climate change with hooves, heart and soil. Can an underutilized way to graze cattle, that mimics the way bison once roamed the land, help get farmers out of debt, restore our depleted soils, rebuild wildlife habitat and draw down huge amounts of carbon? Cattle have been seen as eco-villains for a long time. What if they can help save us from catastrophic climate change? (Please note you need to register for each episode).
2026 Apr 29
Composting 101
Join AgriSystems Living Labs and Dr. Shanwei Xu from Agriculture and Agri-food Canada as we learn more about composting. we'll gather knowledge on past and current composting research including the concept of composting, optimal conditions for composting procedures, application of composting for the disposal of livestock manure and carcasses, examining the compost/manure fertilizer values as soil amendment for crop production and increase soil health, and co-benefits of using composting for manure disposal including inactivating pathogens such as infectious prions and reducing the antimicrobial residues and spread of antimicrobial resistance genes into environment.