Where
Agriculture
& Nature
Meet
ALUS helps farmers and ranchers build nature-based solutions on their land.
Community-developed
Communities manage the ALUS program, prioritizing local agricultural and environmental priorities.
Farmer-delivered
Farmers and ranchers provide important solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss.
Science-based
ALUS provides support and technical expertise on natural infrastructure projects and nature-based solutions.
Your Contribution Helps Us Grow
As the largest single group of landowners in North America, agricultural producers are in a unique position to provide solutions to some of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time, including biodiversity loss and climate change.
Get involved with ALUS by donating, becoming a sponsor, or signing up as a participant or community, and support the creation of resilient landscapes that value agriculture and biodiversity.
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Latest News
Growing the Environment and Minds
Farmers share experiences of environmental stewardship, noting positive impact on mental and emotional well-being Every year in the first week of May, Canadians celebrate, protect and promote mental health within their communities as part of the Canadian Mental...
RBC Foundation invests $1.5M in ALUS to support quantification of farm-based natural carbon sequestration solutions
The new investment will help ALUS leverage innovative remote sensing technologies to measure aboveground biomass and soil organic carbon from farmer-delivered nature-based climate solutions to support quantification standards for the delivery of verified carbon...
Stewardship Ethic Puts Trees on the Landscape for People and the Environment
ALUS Middlesex participant Phil Moddle incorporates conventional farming, agritourism and environmental stewardship into Arrowwood Farm and Events Phil Moddle with a white pine seedling on his farm in Middlesex County, Ontario. The sapling is a part of an ALUS tree...