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Producer Environmental Egg Program

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Egg Farmers of Alberta launched the Producer Environmental Egg Program (PEEP), the Canadian egg industry’s first environmental program in 2014. PEEP is a voluntary provincial program that was originally intended to help Alberta egg farmers better identify their impacts on the environment and facilitate the use of best practices.

In an effort to align EFA’s efforts with Egg Farmers of Canada’s national strategies, PEEP has shifted to gather performance-based data that is automatically delivered into the National Environmental Sustainability and Technology Tool (NESTT).  As of the end of 2025, there were 39 Alberta egg producers that had successfully populated NESTT data sets, allowing them to measure, monitor and manage the environmental impact of their farm.  EFA looks forward to having even more egg farms in Alberta benefit from utilizing NESTT.

Alberta egg farmers who participated in the early days of PEEP found tremendous value in the insights it offered. PEEP provided farmers with information about the impact of their on-farm activities and helps them establish goals for improvement. The initial PEEP assessment was focused on key impact areas as follows:

Water Consumption

  • Water system and conservation

Energy Use

  • Lighting
  • Building insulation
  • Heating and ventilation
  • Cooler insulation
  • Cooler fans and motors
  • Monitoring

Manure Management

  • Manure storage location and capacity
  • Nutrient management planning

Waste and By-Product Disposal

  • Mortalities and end of lay hens
  • Wash water discharge

Focusing on best practices in the above areas helped farmers identify and address environmental risks and opportunities, to reduce their environmental footprint.  Portions of PEEP were derived from the Environmental Farm Plan (EFP), which is a more extensive program available to all agricultural producers across Alberta.  EFA believes that the key to effective environmental management is through a systematic approach to planning, controlling, measuring, and improving environmental performance.