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Happy #canagday! Thanks to all the farmers out there who turn hard work, dedication and perseverance into full bellies, happy hearts and healthy people! ... See MoreSee Less

Today is the day Sussex Soil and Crop kicks off the first of 4 Local AGMs featuring Karen Haugen-Kozyra, MSc, PAg, Present Viresco Solutions.

Karen obtained a Biological Sciences Diploma from NAIT, BSc in Plant Sciences, and MSc in Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry from the University of Alberta. Karen is also a registered Professional Agrologist with the Alberta Institute of Agrology.

Karen has over 25 years of experience in agricultural greenhouse gas measurement, modeling, and climate change/environmental policy development – spanning her tenure at the provincial. Her most significant contribution while she worked in the public and not-for-profit sectors was her work at a national level, with federal-provincial and territorial governments on the Canadian National Offset Quantification Team (NOQT). Karen, through her capacity on the Team, designed the protocol development process, represented the agricultural sector in Canada, and coordinated the development of several agricultural quantification protocols. In 2007, Karen was seconded to Climate Change Central, a not-for-profit established by the Government of Alberta. There, Karen led the implementation of the necessary market processes, infrastructure, and tools needed to get the Alberta Carbon Offset Market off the ground. In that role, Karen and her Team leveraged the previous NOQT work to help build sound rules, platforms, science-based quantification protocols, tools, and infrastructure (e.g. registry) needed to facilitate the development of a Carbon Offset Market in Alberta. Department of Agriculture in Alberta, then at the not-for-profit Climate Change Central, and now in the private sector.

Event starts at 1 on ZOOM! ... See MoreSee Less