As past-chair of the Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture Council (AESA), vice-chair of the Alberta Milk Producers and a dairy farmer from the Sundre area and current council member of the Green House Gas Task Team with AESA, Beattie has a good understanding of how climate change issues affect the agricultural industry. Through his work on the AESA Council, he has been pro-actively raising the industry's awareness on greenhouse gases. He is involved in Canada's National Climate Change Process for the agricultural industry.
As past-chair of the Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture Council (AESA), vice-chair of the Alberta Milk Producers and a dairy farmer from the Sundre area and current council member of the Green House Gas Task Team with AESA, Beattie has a good understanding of how climate change issues affect the agricultural industry. Through his work on the AESA Council, he has been pro-actively raising the industry's awareness on greenhouse gases. He is involved in Canada's National Climate Change Process for the agricultural industry.