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AALP Class 20 Seminar 7 - Graduation and Celebration

Date: April 16, 2025

For the final seminar of AALP Class 20, this diverse group of farmers and agriculture professionals gathered in Kitchener-Waterloo to reflect on our past year and a half together, while preparing for the future. The seminar was once again designed to expose participants to the full scope of our agricultural system, while also reflecting on our personal growth during this leadership experience. 

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AALP Class 20 International Study Tour: Lithuania

Date: April 10, 2025

Lithuania, the country of amber, basketball, innovative agribusinesses and cold pink soup, marked the culmination of AALP Class 20’s ten day journey in the Baltic States. Our first stop as we entered Lithuania was the Hill of Crosses, a national symbol of defiance and endurance for a country that fought continuously for its independence...

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AALP Class 20 International Study Tour: Latvia

Date: April 9, 2025

On our fourth day of AALP’s International Study Tour, Class 20 traveled by bus to Latvia’s capital Riga. The first stop was Absolūts Ēd with husband and wife team Ilza and Juris Lipska. The couple explained how their direct-to-consumer greenhouse operation runs and how they have grown from 2 small greenhouses to plans for 14 since opening the farm in 2009 and through an unfortunate job layoff in 2012...

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AALP Class 20 International Study Tour: Estonia

Date: April 8, 2025

AALP Class 20 spent the first few days of our IST touring Estonia, exploring agriculture and leadership in a unique part of the world. It’s been wonderful to learn the stories of the business and farm owners. Stories of overcoming adversity and adapting to the massive changes in their country as freedoms were won and lost and the economy shifted from communism to free market...

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