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Ag Minister Says There is no Shortage of Food in Alberta

The Alberta government says there is no food shortage in the province despite unnecessary stockpiling by some people amid the COVID-19 crisis.

Agriculture Minister Devin Dreeshen says retail sales at grocery stores are up about 50 per cent even though people are making fewer trips to the grocery store.

He says some people have been bulk buying out of fear of future shortages but retailers have started to address that by limiting the number of items that can be purchased.

Dreeshen says the province is keeping an eye on demands in rural areas and Indigenous communities and will provide help for food banks that are suffering.

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Utilizing a rotational grazing method on our farmstead with our sheep helps to let the pasture/paddocks rest. We also just invested in a chain harrow to allow us to drag the paddocks our sheep just left to break up and spread their manure around, dethatch thicker grass areas, and to rough up bare dirt areas to all for a better seed to soil contact if we overseed that paddock. This was our first time really using the chain harrow besides initially testing it out. We are very impressed with the work it did and how and area that was majority dirt, could be roughed up before reseeding.

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