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The Alberta Field Pea is the first agri-food commodity to be cer fied with a globally-recognized Environmental Product Declara on (EPD) in North America. "An EPD shows the world that Alberta pea growers care about environmentally responsible farm prac ces," said Chair D'Arcy Hilgartner of Alberta Pulse Growers (APG). "By crea ng an EPD, APG can communicate in a credible and transparent way to its stakeholders about the environmental impact of Alberta pea produc on. An EPD is a powerful business and marke ng tool for APG and its members to stake a claim as being environmentally responsible." APG worked collabora vely with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) through the process of applying and receiving an EPD cer fica on. This EPD is based on the 2016 life cycle assessment (LCA) that was completed using Alberta pulse producers' on- farm informa on. To view the Alberta Pea EPD, visit www.environdec.com/ en/Detail/epd1047. "By obtaining an EPD, it demonstrates that the LCA work done by APG and AF meets strict criteria from interna onal standards for environmental sustainability performance," explained Aung Moe, AF Environmental Footprint Agrologist. "This creates credible and transparent informa on on environmental performance of field pea produc on in Alberta." An EPD is a globally recognized, third-party verified, standardized environmental marke ng communica on tool under the Interna onal EPD® System. Because all EPDs in a product group use the same rules, the data of this EPD can be compared with EPDs of other products to highlight differences. This cer fied declara on will enhance the Alberta Pea brand reputa on, as well as strengthen trust with its customers and consumers. The primary purpose of having an EPD is to show the environmental performance of Alberta field peas to supply chain members in local and interna onal markets. "Pulses provide a good news story with their proven health and nutri onal benefits and we've always shared the posi ve impact pulses have on the environment and now with the EPD, we have the science to back our claims," said Debra McLennan, APG Food and Nutri on Coordinator. "This ALBERTA FIELD PEA IS FIRST NORTH AMERICAN AGRI-FOOD COMMODITY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION 1 4