Participant Profile
Marcus & Sarah Riedner: Growing Happiness and Biodiversity by the Acre

Marcus & Sarah Riedner: Growing Happiness and Biodiversity by the Acre

Marcus & Sarah Riedner foster happiness, agriculture and ecosystems at their farm, Happiness by the Acre, in Alberta.Marcus and Samuel Riedner stand next to a native eco-buffer planted through the ALUS Mountain View County program. Image Credit: Noel West.At their...

Kirk and Gail Bridgeman: Devoted to the Land

Kirk and Gail Bridgeman: Devoted to the Land

Kirk and Gail Bridgeman have raised horses and stewarded their land unfailingly for decades. On their second-generation ranch near Rapid City, Manitoba, Kirk and Gail Bridgeman have raised Quarter Horses and Appaloosas since 1981. Since then, their operation has...

Jim Caley: Soil Erosion Be Gone

Jim Caley: Soil Erosion Be Gone

Through ALUS, Jim Caley has transformed acres of less productive sandy soil into a flourishing arboreal ecosystem. Like many ALUS participants, Jim is a grain and oil seed producer. His company, Caley’s Grain, is located Southeast of Port Elgin, Ontario, where he...

The English Family: A Century of Land Stewards

The English Family: A Century of Land Stewards

 The English family create dynamic ecosystems and manage water on their land with ALUS. Since 1897, the English family has stewarded their century farm in Rivers, Manitoba. Starting as a homestead, the English family now raise more than 250 cows calf pairs, at Melody...