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Driediger Farms for sale

May 21, 2025 byPeter Mitham

Well-known Langley berry grower Driediger Farms is for sale. “I’ve been looking at different options for selling for the past couple of years. But I just decided this is the time,” says owner Rhonda Driediger. “I have some other projects I want to do and I can’t really do them and live where I want …

Kelowna abattoir fills critical processing gap

May 1, 2025 byMyrna Stark Leader

KELOWNA – A Vancouver Island farmer has reactivated and expanded a Kelowna abattoir, providing processing to about 80 farmers. “I’ve processed hogs and lambs from 100 Mile (and) Vanderhoof, so people need the services, but about 80% of my customers are within an hour,” says operator Dave Semmelink, who opened Creekside Meats in 2021 to …

Arts leads BCFGA forward

May 7, 2025 byTom Walker

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. Summerland grower Adrian Arts was named BCFGA’s executive director on April 24 following the departure of former general manager Melissa Tesche, who left to head the Okanagan Basin Water …

BC mourns sheep advocate

May 7, 2025 byMarianne Iberg

A tireless advocate for the BC sheep sector has died. Barbara Ydenberg of Wind’s Reach Farm in Langley passed away April 26 following an incredibly short battle with cancer. Born in California, Ydenberg moved to BC with her family to a farm near Fort Langley in 1971. She joined Pony Club and rode in many …

Bringing mental wellness forward

May 7, 2025 byPeter Mitham

“Employees must stop crying before returning to work.” The decal, spotted recently in the washroom of a small-town veterinary clinic alongside the soap dispenser, may be the best mental wellness notice out there. With its echoes of the mandatory hand-washing signs in many workplaces, it addresses the many other reasons beside bodily imperatives that send …

Landowners push back against rail trail plans

May 1, 2025 byRiley Donovan

ARMSTRONG – The 50-kilometre planned Shuswap North Okanagan rail trail from Sicamous to Armstrong remains contentious, with a conflict between landowners and regional districts over the wording and scope of easements being turned over to the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC). The rail trail is an initiative of the Regional District of the North Okanagan (RDNO), …

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