. Agri-news. Agriculture. ALBERTA AGRICULTURE LIBRARY JG O'DONOGHUE BUILDING 7000 - 113 STREET EDMONTON, ALBERTA T6H 5T6 GO GO GO CO C/ August 15,1994 Don't hesitate, call your rural development specialist One of Alberta Agriculture's new rural development specialists has a simple message for the agriculture and food industry - Don't be afraid to call her, or any of her colleagues. There are real people behind the fancy titles. Many are the same real people, notes Cindy Bishop, who farm families and rural organizations have gone to for information over the last half century. But, changing time
. Agri-news. Agriculture. ALBERTA AGRICULTURE LIBRARY JG O'DONOGHUE BUILDING 7000 - 113 STREET EDMONTON, ALBERTA T6H 5T6 GO GO GO CO C/ August 15,1994 Don't hesitate, call your rural development specialist One of Alberta Agriculture's new rural development specialists has a simple message for the agriculture and food industry - Don't be afraid to call her, or any of her colleagues. There are real people behind the fancy titles. Many are the same real people, notes Cindy Bishop, who farm families and rural organizations have gone to for information over the last half century. But, changing times have demanded new and more focused specialists in Alberta Agriculture's field staff. The need for a rural development speciality was identified in a department review in 1993. Just as the former generalist district agriculturist positions have been replaced by a number of speciality positions, district home economists are no longer. The changes are part of department restructuring and a move to specialization. For the last eight years Bishop had been a district home economist. Like most colleagues in 52 district offices across the province, Bishop switched to her new specialist role in early May. For her, it also meant a move from Barrhead to Leduc. Her new job's definition is broad. "Basically," explains Bishop, "we'll work with anyone who works to keep agricultural communities ; However, the rural development specialists work in two specific streams. One is leadership and organizational development. The other is business development. Bishop is swimming in the leadership stream. "Both are expanded and more focused work in familiar territory," she says. For Bishop, leadership and organizational development applies to individuals and a variety of rural organizations. Now she'll be able to concentrate on more detailed aspects of the subject such as volunteer management, leadership skill development, goal setting and problem solving. Leadersh
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