ACCA reached out to Service Alberta and the Office of the Director of Cooperatives for direction on how the public health emergency declared by the Government of Alberta may affect co-ops being unable to hold their required annual meetings.

In this time, it can be hard to navigate through all the information coming at you from all directions – and even more so trying to discern what is relevant to our members. ACCA has created a COVID-19 Resources page to help you sort through the information.

ACCA is looking for ways we can support our members through the COVID-19 pandemic. We have had some members reach out to us for support on some issues, but we fear many of you may be trying to cope with a constantly changing environment and haven't even had a moment to even think of what support you may need.

As Jared Blustein noted, being structured as a worker-owned co-op, The Allium is somewhat positioned to perhaps better weather this challenging situation.

When asked how YYC Growers is doing dealing with COVID-19, Rod Olson’s response was a simple: “We are full steam ahead!” 

ACCA continues to monitor the COVID-19 outbreak and the health recommendations for containment to determine the impacts to our organization, our members, and our upcoming events.

ACCA is looking at contingency and alternative plans for upcoming events due to the declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic by the World Health Organization.