Agrium believes in supporting the communities in which we live, work and conduct business. In this spirit, we strive to build and maintain positive relationships within our communities. We focus our support in areas of youth, culture, health and wellness, the environment, and opportunities that encourage personal growth. Because a large percentage of our business activities take place in or near small towns, we often work with customers and suppliers to help us make a difference.

Ways We Build Relationships Within Communities:

Through Dialogue: We engage communities in a variety of ways to achieve benefits and understanding. In some locations we use Community Advisory Panels, in others we liaise with community leaders and host open houses for residents. We regularly conduct door-to-door visits with neighbours of our production facilities. We believe that through open dialogue we can maintain a healthy relationship with members of the surrounding community and should a crisis occur we all know what to do.

Through Community Initiatives: Often rural communities have fewer recreation and learning opportunities than in urban locations. Agrium supports a rural way of life by contributing to 4-H, Progressive Farm Safety day camps and farm safety programs. In some cases, we also support parks and recreational facilities. We see ourselves as residents, not tenants, and support is one way we are able to give back.

Through Education: Many of our educational support programs outside of our business are directed at youth. We are strong advocates for farm safety and leadership development. Caring For Our Watersheds school program has generated a lot of attention from schools and it will be expanding internationally over the next five years. Working with our industry associations we have also developed an independent curriculum-based website for youth at Growing the Next Generation to give students and teachers better tools and to continue to dialogue with both. Education is inquiry based (less so than curriculum based).

Shelter-in-Place

Shelter-in-Place is a short-term strategy for dealing with chemical or radiological contaminant disaster. It is an internationally-used safety program for taking immediate shelter where you are — at home, work, school or in between — usually for just a few hours.

Find out more about our Shelter-in-Place program with our video and PDF documents:

• Shelter-in-Place Quick Reference Card
• Shelter-in-Place FAQs
• Shelter-in-Place Emergency Kit