Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program

What is your Why

by Peggy Brekveld | May 25, 2026 | Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program, BUILD Leadership, Community, General

After icebreakers and a bit of getting to know one another, we often ask in our leadership sessions, “What is your Why?”

It’s An Orchid’s Life

by Peggy Brekveld | Apr 29, 2026 | AALP Class 21, Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program

I have great admiration for those with indoor green thumbs! While I have in the past had beautiful large perennial flower beds, my indoor plants have never thrived. In fact, there was a time when I told my husband to buy me cut flowers instead of a potted one so I...

Cultivating Resilience: What Kalala Winery Taught AALP Class 21

by Sunit Chandan | Apr 28, 2026 | AALP Class 21, Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program

AALP Class 21 at Kalala Organic Estate Winery, reflecting on leadership, succession and resilience in a changing climate.

Leading Through Complexity – Kelowna, BC

by Alicia Becker | Apr 20, 2026 | AALP Class 21, Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program

Strong leadership isn’t about simplifying complexity—it’s about navigating it responsibly, consistently and with a clear sense of what truly matters.

Forgetting My Bathing Suit in Banff

by Katie Normet | Apr 20, 2026 | AALP Class 21, Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program

One never knows what memories are going to be created or what will stick in the mind after returning from a trip. For me, forgetting my bathing suit was one of those memories I did not realize would come back with me to Ontario and my farm. It all started with a...

Day 1 in Calgary, Alberta – North American Study Tour -From Farm to Fork — and the People Who Make It Possible

by Katie Normet | Apr 20, 2026 | AALP Class 21, Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program

Some days we wish we had more hours in them. Day one of our North American Study Tour this wish granted and then some. Starting with a 4:30AM meet at the Toronto Pearson International Airport and arriving in Calgary, Alberta at 9:30AM local time, marked the start of...