BC Tree Fruits Cooperative members narrowly defeated a motion to turf the co-op’s current board and management at a special general meeting in Peachland, November 22. The special meeting, held just two weeks before the co-op’s regular annual general meeting on December 12, was triggered by members opposed the co-op’s decision to consolidate its packing …
NEWS
AI cases keep rising
The number of commercial poultry farms in the Fraser Valley testing positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza has exploded over the past week. Thirteen commercial farms in Abbotsford, Chilliwack and Agassiz have tested positive over the past week, nearly double the number reported this year prior to November 16. The surge is shocking in its …
Province funds fruit growers
Training, extension services, pest management and marketing received funding as the province allocated a further $2.5 million in support of the tree fruit sector, November 17. With the hard work of stabilizing the province’s tree fruit sector beginning in earnest, the province hopes a new certificate program at Okanagan College will give growers the training …
Garlic grower cuts the mustard – and pests
CRESTON – British Columbia is one of Canada’s largest producers of garlic, a crop that is well suited to smaller farms since it does not require a great deal of land to support a profitable business. Thistle Farm in Creston is an example of what can be achieved on just four acres with this much-in …
BC Turkey names executive director
Natalie Veles is the new executive director of the BC Turkey Marketing Board and BC Turkey Growers Association, succeeding Michel Benoit, who stepped down in April after more than 15 years as general manager. Veles comes to the board from Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC, where she served for three and a half years as …
Province to fund school meals
Public schools across BC will receive funding for student lunches through a partnership between the BC Ministry of Education and the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food. An official announcement will be made shortly, but agriculture minister Lana Popham told the BC Greenhouse Growers Association’s annual reception November 12 that the funding will support stronger …