“This milestone is evidence that youth, students and young professionals need a place to
research, gather and source opportunities in agriculture and food in Alberta and Canada,”
said Larry Malazdrewicz, Chair of the Agriculture and Food Council action team
involved in the portal’s development. “Soil to Sky never stops growing and adapting and
provides a vital link between employer and career seeker by showcasing the exciting
career opportunities that agri-food businesses have to offer.”
Soil to Sky has been experiencing increased traffic and usage over the past two and a half
years it has been operating. The website is updated frequently and has new information
added weekly. Features such as a Careers Podcast were added when the website
underwent a re-design in March 2008.
Soil to Sky aims to draw young job hunters toward an agriculture and food career by
providing career information and links to employers in a single location. The website
was created in 2006 in response to the worker shortage being experienced by employers
in many sectors of Alberta’s economy, including agriculture and food.
The Soil to Sky web portal is one of five human resource sub-projects created under the
Council’s Sustainable Human Resource Initiative Project (SHRIP). SHRIP is funded
under Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-
Food (ACAAF) program.
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For more information, please contact:
Brad Salomons, Human Resource Projects Manager
Agriculture and Food Council
Phone: (780) 955-3714 ext. 236
E-mail: brad.salomons@agfoodcouncil.com or info@soiltosky.ca
www.agfoodcouncil.com
