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Lakeland awarded large CFI grant for applied research infrastructure
Thanks to a $1 million investment from Canada Foundation for Innovation’s College Fund, Lakeland College will purchase state-of-the-art crop and livestock research infrastructure over the next two years that will greatly enhance the college’s capacity to support Alberta’s agriculture sector. The...
Lakeland College celebrates 112th anniversary
One hundred and twelve years ago on Monday, November 17, the Vermilion School of Agriculture opened to fanfare with the premier, the federal minister of agriculture and locals extolling the virtues of the $45,000 building (in today’s dollars a touch under $1.5 million). Their praise was for a...
Sustainability and technology: the future of agricultural sciences
According to Amelle Tizzard, true sustainable farming requires a multidisciplinary approach, a combination of agricultural sciences, environmental sciences and technology – a unique blend she found at Lakeland College. Growing up as an “acreage kid” in the Bonnyville, Alta. area, Tizzard...