BC Tree Fruits Cooperative has sought protection from creditors under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA), with a court-appointed monitor overseeing next steps for the troubled fruit marketer. The application to BC Supreme Court on August 12 came as the co-op struggles with cash flow issues and low estimates from growers of apple deliveries this …
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BC Veg denies greenhouse application
Ontario-based greenhouse grower Mucci Farms has had its application to market produce in BC denied by the BC Vegetable Marketing Commission. Mucci currently supplies produce to the BC market as a wholesaler through Country Fresh Produce Inc. of Delta. Mucci’s application to be a marketer, originally submitted May 29 and subsequently amended prior to final …
Dairy quota increases
Strong demand for milk is leading to a quota increase for producers across Western Canada. Producers in BC and the other three provinces within the Western Milk Pool will receive a 2% increase to their daily quota effective September 1. “This increase in daily quota is being issued to meet the continued strong demand in …
Hothouse growers tap glass ceiling
SURREY – BC greenhouse vegetable growers have begun consultations with members on a new marketing commission for the sector. Currently regulated by the BC Vegetable Marketing Commission, the greenhouse sector has unique needs that BC Greenhouse Growers Association (BCGGA) president Armand Vander Meulen says don’t fit well with potatoes and other storage crops regulated by …
Farming Karma scales up on-farm processing
KELOWNA – The worst cherry crop in the Gill family’s 30 years of farming in the Okanagan hasn’t dampened their drive, with a new 100,000-square-foot processing facility for their Farming Karma line of fruit sodas and other drinks set to open this month. Built in their orchard in Kelowna’s Lower Mission neighbourhood, the facility will …
BC Tree Fruits shuts down
Provincial efforts to stabilize the tree fruit sector have been up-ended by BC Tree Fruits Co-operative’s decision to wind up operations. The co-op announced the decision “with profound sadness” on July 26, a day after a board meeting that identified low crop volumes and challenging market conditions as insurmountable challenges. It ceased accepting fruit immediately. …