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2 weeks ago

From orchard manager to government specialist and now executive director of the BC Fruit Growers Association, Adrian Arts brings a rare blend of hands-on farming experience and organizational leadership to an industry poised for renewal. His appointment comes at a pivotal moment for BC fruit growers, with Arts expressing enthusiasm about continuing the momentum built by his predecessor and working alongside a board that signals a generational shift in agricultural advocacy.

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A combination of organizational management and practical farming experience has primed the new executive director of the BC Fruit Growers Association to lead the industry forward.
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A public consultation is now underway on the powers and duties of the BC Milk Marketing Board. Key issues for dairy producers include transportation costs, rules governing shipments and limitations on supporting processing initiatives. Stakeholders have until May 31 to comment.

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A public consultation on the powers and duties of the BC Milk Marketing Board is underway as part of a triennial review required by the British Columbia Milk Marketing Board Regulation.
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BC wool shipments drop sharply in 2023, according to StatsCan data released in mid-April. Local producers shipped just 5,200kg at 37¢/kg, down from 18,600kg at $1.08/kg in 2022. While many farmers now use wool on-farm or dispose of it due to low market value, innovative producers like Emily McIvor point to untapped opportunities. Read more in our Farm News Update from Country Life in BC.

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BC wool value, volume drop

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BC sheep producers shipped less wool for less in 2023, reversing strong growth a year earlier. BC producers shipped 5,200 kilograms of raw wool in 2023, according to Statistics Canada data released on...
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Eric Feehely and Miho Shinbo are growing 30+ crops on 2.5 acres in Vernon. Writer Myrna Stark Leader takes a look at how Silverstar Veggies is balancing CSA programs, farmers markets and restaurant sales while planning smart expansions in challenging economic times in Market farm works smarter, not harder.

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VERNON – Silverstar Veggies, a five-year-old mixed vegetable and herb farm in Vernon, thrives on passion and innovative ideas. A former watersport and adventure sport instructor…
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ALC rejects Teacup appeal

July 20, 2022 byPeter Mitham

An appeal by the District of Kent regarding the exclusion of 43 acres from the Agricultural Land Reserve for residential development has been rejected.

A four-page decision issued June 10 by the Agricultural Land Commission states that the district’s request did not meet the criteria for triggering a reconsideration, and that, “in any event, is of the view that there should not be a reconsideration of the 2021 decision.”

Kent applied to the ALC In 2020 seeking the exclusion of the so-called Teacup properties, parcels designated for future residential development in the district’s official community plan in 2001. However, the properties are within the ALR and the ALC told the district in 2005 “that any plans to develop this area for non-farm uses would be inconsistent with the ALC Act.” The commission reiterated this position in 2014, and rejected the most recent exclusion bid in June 2021.

But the district was not content. It filed a reconsideration request February 3 alleging that the ALC decision, “was based in error and in some parts, false” – grounds set forth in the ALC Act for reconsidering a decision.

The district also argued that a reconsideration would allows the ALC to see the exclusion application as offering a “’win-win’ outcome” that would both enlarge the ALR while providing much-needed housing.

The ALC countered that various elements the district claimed were false were in fact the ALC’s decisions based on the evidence before it, not the evidence itself. Therefore, a reconsideration wasn’t required.

Moreover, the district provided no new evidence to support its exclusion application, also nixing any hope for a reconsideration.

“No additional reconsideration requests can be considered by the Commission,” the ALC added.

 

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