Servus Credit Union, Alberta's largest credit union, is a member-owned, community-based financial institution with roots dating back to 1938. We’re proud of Alberta’s agriculture community, which is why we are sponsoring Albert Open Farm Days!

Servus Credit Union, Alberta's largest credit union, is a member-owned, community-based financial institution with roots dating back to 1938. We’re proud of Alberta’s agriculture community, which is why we are sponsoring Albert Open Farm Days!

Servus Credit Union, Alberta's largest credit union, is a member-owned, community-based financial institution with roots dating back to 1938. We’re proud of Alberta’s agriculture community, which is why we are sponsoring Albert Open Farm Days!

The United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) is an association of Alberta farmers that has served different roles in its 100-year history.

The United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) is an association of Alberta farmers that has served different roles in its 100-year history.

The United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) is an association of Alberta farmers that has served different roles in its 100-year history.

A farm and ranch retailer offering unique products for those who enjoy a rural lifestyle. If you're an urban farmer, rancher, or anything in between, we have products for you. Weekly Flyer Deals. Serving Rural Communities. Open For Curbside Pick-Up. Shop by Department.

Our Locations

A farm and ranch retailer offering unique products for those who enjoy a rural lifestyle. If you're an urban farmer, rancher, or anything in between, we have products for you. Weekly Flyer Deals. Serving Rural Communities. Open For Curbside Pick-Up. Shop by Department.

Our Locations

A farm and ranch retailer offering unique products for those who enjoy a rural lifestyle. If you're an urban farmer, rancher, or anything in between, we have products for you. Weekly Flyer Deals. Serving Rural Communities. Open For Curbside Pick-Up. Shop by Department.

Our Locations

Farm tours, Soil Safari, Tractor Rides. Free We are an urban farm transitioning 15 acres of urban land into an active community farm hub. Our three pillars of operations are land revitalization, regenerative food and community building. We have a greenhouse (currently being built), a market garden, a forest walk and a high-quality composting and soil program. We are currently the largest urban farm in Calgary!

A guided farm tour runs about every half hour and there is a store open and chickens to look at while you are waiting.

Millarville Market 9 am to 2 pm  

Grain Farm Operations Tour -Access and tour farm machinery, grain handling systems, and our crops Hog Farming - View, feed, and interact with our small herd of custom grown hogs Cattle Farming -View, feed and interact with our small and friendly herd of cattle. Poultry - View, feed and interact with our friendly flock of laying hens and meat birds, and collect eggs. Eggs, Homemade Pies & Homemade Soaps available on site ($3.50-$15.00, cash or e transfer). Crafts & Kids activities planned - no charge Together, along with our 3 young children, we are excited to facilitate and tour you around our little slice of paradise, and a life we are so very proud of and grateful for. Our farm will be featuring a great diversity of experiences and educational opportunities, both on the Grain & Livestock fronts. From sitting behind the wheel of several large farm vehicles and machines, to viewing how grain is loaded and stored, to walking through closeby fields learning to identify crops and what their end uses are, you are in for a fun and interactive time. On the animal side of our farm, you are sure to enjoy engaging, interacting and feeding our many family friendly cattle, hogs, chickens, and a few rabbits, all the while becoming more familiar about the various types of animals, how to care for them, and what's involved in raising them. We will have crafts, a small on farm market featuring our own eggs, homemade pies (Lard pastry rendered from our hogs), and homemade handcrafted lard based soaps for purchase ( $3.50-$15.00, cash or e transfer). There is never a dull moment on our farm, and we are very excited to share the beautiful sector of the Ag industry we have set roots in.

Shipwheel Cattle Feeders Ltd., a 4th Generation family farm in Taber AB, that currently operates a 5500 head feedlot and we have a summer grazing operation. Shipwheel produces 3 types of compost, honey, fruit, eggs and we are experimenting with a garden. We are very a very dynamic, diverse, company that has a focus on regenerative agriculture.   Please dress for the weather and wear appropriate shoes !

Saturday

• Native Wild trading post tour and shopping indigenous products
• Medicine walk
• Trapping importance to save crops with demos
• Cree language teaching free
• Info booth for up coming ventures and workshops and preregister for work shops etc.
• Animal Quest petting zoo feed/pic/ harvesting information 5.00 per family
• Garage sale
• Spirit reading $100.00 per person with Elder
• Bird house kits 20.00 - can make them there or take home
• might have glitter tattoos 7.00 but only if i can get supplies before then
• Snack bar drinks/chips

Sunday

• Native Wild trading post tour and shopping indigenous products
• Medicine walk
• Cree language teaching free
• Garage sale
• Animal Quest petting zoo pictures 5.00 per family
• Garage sale
• Spirit reading $100.00 per person with Elder
• Bird house kits 20.00 - can make them there or take home
• Snack bar drinks/chips

The Market is hosting a Local Food Day, highlighting products available from our vendors. There will also be demonstrations of Ukrainian food preparation, that the customer can participate in. We will also have other demonstrations, a live bee exhibit, and craft demonstrations There will be a free buffet of local chef created dishes from products by our vendors.

Please join us Sunday, August 14th for some family fun! We'll be featuring:

• An informative tour of our mushroom facility (please see booking tool below)
• Interactive Station
• Children's Face Painting
• Complimentary coffee and “Boppers” provided by Beebop Doughnut

Wiseats premium oyster and lion's mane mushrooms are fresh, local and sustainably grown on wood substrate through a a process that is 100% chemical free. Since our Calgary launch in January 2021 we've expanded with a local-to-Edmonton facility as well. We're excited to be supplying mushrooms to to both cities, and the many great stops in-between! We're excited to open our doors and participate in Alberta Open Farm Days. Come and see the Wiseats difference!

We will be offering free gin and whisky tastings and tours. Our farm and facility are a combination of state of the art and traditional brewing and distilling technology, with most of it being the first of its kind in Canada. Tours will be educational and review the whisky and gin making process in detail. There will also be fun activities for children of all ages! We will also be hosting a number of local artisans who will be offering their goods for sale! We were recently named makers of the Best Canadian London Dry Gin at the World Gin Awards! We also received the highest score IN THE WORLD for our unaged single malt whisky at the International Wine and Spirits Competition! Our distillery features Canada's first craft Meura Mash Filter (brewing technology from Belgium) and also Canada's first and only flame heated stills!

Pivot Spirits is Southern Alberta's Irrigation Farm Distillery specializing in creating spirits from the unique crops grown under irrigation. We have many award-winning spirits available for sampling as well as the famous pizza and original cocktails of our tasting room. During Alberta Open Farm Days a free tour will be available which will include: viewing the crops grown for distillation; seeing a pivot irrigation system in action; feeding spent mash to cows; and touring the distillery.

The Edmonton Urban Farm is an oasis in the heart of the city. Visitors will meet gardeners from all corners of the globe and witness the vast variety of foods grown on this 2-acre plot. Take a guided tour with an expert gardener or just wander our beautiful gardens which feature a heritage fruit tree orchard, a labyrinth, a flower farm pilot, diverse growing methods, and unique vegetables. See a fantastic farm, and meet the amazing community that makes it happen. Open Farm Day at Edmonton Urban Farm, August 13, 2022, 10am-4pm

• 10:00 am Smudge with Elder Sharon Pasula
• 10:20 am The unloading of goats! Brought to us by Penner Goats from Mallaig.
• 10:30 am: Ongoing tours of the amazing farm plots will begin and continue throughout the day. Our amazing farmers will share their knowledge and passion for growing food. See some amazing and unusual plants.
• 11:00 am: Dustin Bajer Talks Trees—everything you wanted to know about growing trees.
• 12:00 pm: French language tour with one of our farmers Chantal Koko.
• 1:00 pm: Hungry Worms by Roberto—everything you wanted to know about worm composting! Beginner Red Wriggler kits will be available for purchase.
• 2:00 pm: Enjoy the lovely sounds of a string quartet!

Activities throughout the day include hanging out with goats and sheep, checking out the beehive, watching baby chicks hatch, self-guided audio tours, cuddling bunnies, smelling herbs, tasting edible flowers, and painting rocks. Flower arrangements available for purchase from local micro-entrepreneur, Them Flowers (cash and e-transfer only). Edmonton Urban Farm is managed by Explore Edmonton in partnership with over twenty community groups. There are over 120 varieties of vegetables grown at the Edmonton Urban Farm and 25 languages spoken! In addition to vegetable beds, you can check out our pollinator patch, solitary bee hotels, and honeybee hive.