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MARCH 2023
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The province remained short on details Thursday as it repeated an announcement it plans to invest $5 million in a new animal disease preparedness and response program. “This investment will provide BC farmers and ranchers with the support to plan and respond quicker and better to disease outbreaks,” said BC agriculture minister Pam Alexis, who was joined by MLAs from Langley East, Chilliwack and Chilliwack-Kent at Canadian Organic Feeds in Chilliwack.

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The province remained short on details Thursday as it repeated an announcement it plans to invest $5 million in a new animal disease preparedness and response program. “This investment will provide BC farmers and ranchers with the support to plan and respond quicker and better to disease outbreaks,” said BC agriculture minister Pam Alexis, who was joined by MLAs from Langley East, Chilliwack and Chilliwack-Kent at Canadian Organic Feeds in Chilliwack.

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With the stroke of a pen, BC has officially entered into a new agreement with the federal government that will see more than $140 million invested over the next five years in “strategic” agricultural initiatives. The money represents a 25% increase of about $29 million over the previous funding agreement, which ends on March 31. “This partnership will support our government’s focus on food security for all British Columbians while investing significantly in BC farmers, producers and processors,” says BC agriculture minister Pam Alexis. The agreement was signed earlier today, during federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau’s visit to the province. ... See MoreSee Less

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Bilateral agreement signed

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BC will see an additional $29 million over five years from the federal government when the new agricultural policy framework debuts April 1. A new bilateral agreement between the provincial and…
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BC farmers and producers have until June 30 to register for AgriStability, pay their fees and secure coverage under the program. AgriStability provides support to growers with large financial declines caused by production losses as a result of extreme weather, disease outbreak (such as avian influenza) and increased costs or declining market conditions. About 2,100 BC farmers enroll in the program annually. For more information or to enrol, visit www.gov.bc.ca/AgriStability

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BC farmers and producers have until June 30 to register for AgriStability, pay their fees and secure coverage under the program. AgriStability provides support to growers with large financial declines caused by production losses as a result of extreme weather, disease outbreak (such as avian influenza) and increased costs or declining market conditions. About 2,100 BC farmers enroll in the program annually. For more information or to enrol, visit www.gov.bc.ca/AgriStability

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A new provincial agricultural extension program is in the works, and hopes are high it heralds a fresh start for regional agricultural support in BC. Set to launch this spring, the program intends to increase engagement with producers, with a focus on climate mitigation, adaption and overall sustainability.

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Provincial extension service coming

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A new provincial extension service is in the works, an initiative applauded at an Agri-Extension and Research event organized by the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District and held at the BC Ministry of...
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A planned food hub in the Kootenay Boundary region could be a reality this fall after three years of planning, supporting local meat processing capacity in the southern Interior. “We have settled on a butcher hub with two components, a dedicated space for cut-and-wrap with Magnum Meats as the tenant and a value-added meat processing area with a smokehouse and sausage-making equipment available for daily rental," says Vicki Gee, who sits on the food hub committee. The story appears in our March edition and we've uploaded it to our website.

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Butcher hub moves ahead after three years

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ROCK CREEK – A planned food hub in the Kootenay Boundary region could be a reality this fall after three years of planning, supporting local meat processing capacity in the southern Interior.
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BCAC defends pot growers

August 21, 2019 byPeter Mitham

Cannabis should be treated just like any other agricultural crop, according to the BC Agriculture Council, which is opposing a bid by Metro Vancouver to regulate odours from pot producers and processors.

Metro Vancouver launched a public consultation in June on the proposed cannabis emissions regulation. The consultation wraps up September 30.

“Cannabis production has the potential to cause negative air quality impacts if emissions are not adequately controlled,” a discussion paper regarding the regulation states. “A number of greenhouses formerly used for vegetable production have been retrofitted for cannabis production, yet were not designed or constructed to collect and treat air contaminants.”

The paper says that Metro Vancouver and its member municipalities have received complaints about odours from cannabis farms. It notes that filters, odour neutralizers, thermal oxidation and ozone generators are control tools at growers’ disposal to manage the smells, which it classifies as volatile organic compounds, or VOCs.

But the BC Agriculture Council points out that right-to-farm legislation doesn’t give municipalities the right to regulate normal farm practices.

“Metro Vancouver has the legitimate authority to regulate air emissions (like VOCs), but it does not have the authority to regulate odour on agricultural lands,” it explains, arguing that odours are being classified as noxious emissions in order to claim control over them.

“BCAC has determined that this issue could establish a precedent for the entire agriculture industry,” it says.

To avoid this, it says that cannabis production should be regulated in the same way as every other crop, and that means referring concerns about farm practices to the Farm Industry Review Board.

Odour from cannabis production has been a lingering question, when media questioned BC agriculture minister Lana Popham on the matter. She said the concerns around cannabis fit right in with concerns regarding other odours.

“There’s always going to be a conflict between agriculture and development living side by side. I think over the past seven years or so there’s been more of an understanding as consumers are embracing our local food movement, and where our food comes from,” she said. “As the cannabis industry grows, we are going to have to deal with that.”

However, she has recused herself from the cannabis file because her partner, physician Rob Sealey, issues prescriptions for medicinal cannabis (her recusal covers recreational cannabis as well).

Yet her ministry needs to take note of what Metro Vancouver is doing, in the interests of all farmers.

“The provincial government must stand up to Metro Vancouver and support BC farmers and ranchers,” BCAC says.

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