Advocacy

Alberta Pulse Growers (APG) is committed to maintaining and enhancing the business environment in which producers operate to ensure that growing pulses in Alberta remains a profitable venture. Policy work is a combination of analyzing new legislation, reviewing policies from other jurisdictions, and analyzing the impact of programs. APG is actively advocating for sound policies and programs that retain and enhance our competitiveness as a sector.

Climate change, sustainable sourcing, labour and farm safety, maximum residue limits, introduction and phasing out of crop protection products are all areas in which APG is working with our provincial crop sector partners, Team Alberta Crops, as well as our national organizations including Pulse Canada, Grain Growers of Canada, the Prairie Pesticide Minor Use Consortium and the Canadian Pulse and  Special Crops Trade Association.

APG also engages at all levels of government alongside our cropping sector and industry counterparts through various working groups, roundtables and other forums to ensure the interests of our members are well represented. APG brings the voices of Alberta’s pulse farmers to Alberta, Canada and the international policy community. APG is registered as a lobbyist organization in Alberta as per the provincial Lobby Act.

APG has developed a Provincial Priority Guideline. Click the links below for the full document and the summary brief.