Food for Thought Magazine: published four times each year, this high quality consumer magazine features agriculture’s role in health and wellness, the environment and food safety, as well as recipes and tips highlighting agri-business and made-in-Alberta products.

Reader comments are received daily and continuously highlight that the attractive layout and recipes entice consumers to read each issue and in doing so readers learn about the benefits and diversity of agriculture and food in Alberta through interesting and factual articles that highlight Alberta products and services.

We know that food, the environment, and your health and wellness are very important to you. With the support of our partners, we are proud to publish Food for Thought four times a year in a printed version you can pick up for free at your local grocery store and bimonthly in a format we email to you.

Food for Thought is a purely Albertan magazine devoted to bringing you new recipes and tips using Alberta food products, profiling the people working to bring safe and nutritious food to your table, and informing you about issues like food safety, agriculture's role in caring for the environment and animals, and the heritage and future of agriculture and food in Alberta.

Growing Alberta Presents Food for Thought.

About Growing Alberta:

Launched in 1995, Growing Alberta is a non-profit organization supported by the Government of Alberta and industry that strives to increase consumers’ awareness of the province’s agriculture and food industry. We bring together producers, manufacturers and retailers in the effort to educate all Albertans about the scope and significance of the agri-food industry.

Growing Alberta creates opportunities for dialogue and discussion about the agricultural issues that matter while helping Albertans understand the potential and the possibilities that lie ahead.

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Features
The Prices Crisis
Find out what's driving up food prices and how the average Alberta consumer can cope

Food and fuel costs are skyrocketing globally, and it won’t be long before Albertans start to feel the pinch. Act now to ease the pain.

ALBERTANS HAVE BEEN INSULATED BY A HIGH DOLLAR AND no small amount of good luck when it comes to the price of food and fuel, but our luck is likely to run out. No matter where you think the responsibility lies, consumers have to ready themselves for a sea change, says the vice-president of the Consumers Council of Canada, Eleanor Friedland.

“We’re going to have to learn how to get back to basics,” says Friedland. “Save gasoline, save energy and buy locally. Consumers have to start cooking more meals at home, drive smaller cars at slower speeds and stop buying packaged goods.” ...

Dash and Dine
Try these quick and tasty double-duty recipes, complete with tips to save you time

Deck the Highways
This fall, plan ahead for the perfect winter getaway - one that will keep you in Alberta

Life Savour
Meet Sandi Richard adn find out how she transformed herself from the Chicken Finger Queen to Alberta's TV food celeb

Renovate the Right Way
Here are the kitchens real Albertans want, and some tips from the pros about how to get them

What's in your kids?
From at-home tips courtesy of a busy mom, to school lunch programs, here's how Albertans are putting hte best into their brood

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