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The Great Spallumcheen Farm & Food Festival and North Okanagan Plowing Match is happening this Sunday, September 24 from 10-3 at Fieldstone Organics, 4851 Schubert Rd, Armstrong. The outdoor festival features tastings and a market brimming with local food and beverage vendors, a horse and tractor plowing competition and vintage farm equipment displays. ... See MoreSee Less

The Great Spallumcheen Farm & Food Festival and North Okanagan Plowing Match is happening this Sunday, September 24 from 10-3 at Fieldstone Organics, 4851 Schubert Rd, Armstrong. The outdoor festival features tastings and a market brimming with local food and beverage vendors, a horse and tractor plowing competition and vintage farm equipment displays.
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The top five issues the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity identified in a recent survey were the cost of food, inflation, the cost of energy, keeping healthy food affordable and the Canadian economy. “We are seeing that environmental concerns are not in the top 10,” says Amy Peck, manager of the Canadian Cattle Association’s public and stakeholder engagement program. “If you are concerned about being able to afford to feed your family, the environment becomes less important.” ... See MoreSee Less

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Ted Nedjelski Karen Turner

One of my first jobs was apple grading in a packing plant in Vernon

Vivian, is this where you worked?

I’d hear the company that owns the big Cannabis company that owns the green houses all around this packing plant was buying up everything around to expand. Wonder if it’s them that got it.

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The federal government has committed $1.81 million over the next three years to support the BC Poultry Association's preparation for direct participation in responses to future outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the province. “The persistence of the virus in wildlife and recurrence of outbreaks globally, presents additional risks during the migratory bird season in North America later in 2023,” the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health in Vancouver advised in July. For more, visit www.countrylifeinbc.com/ai-risk-rises-with-fall/ ... See MoreSee Less

The federal government has committed $1.81 million over the next three years to support the BC Poultry Associations preparation  for direct participation in responses to future outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the province. “The persistence of the virus in wildlife and recurrence of outbreaks globally, presents additional risks during the migratory bird season in North America later in 2023,” the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health in Vancouver advised in July. For more, visit https://www.countrylifeinbc.com/ai-risk-rises-with-fall/
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Cold snap hits Okanagan fruit growers

October 28, 2020 byPeter Mitham

Three nights of sub-zero temperatures has brought an end to the growing season for Okanagan fruit growers.

This past weekend saw temperatures dip below -5 degrees Celsius across the valley, with temperatures as low as -15 recorded in Oliver.

“We’re trying to get things off as quickly as possible,” said Troy Osborne, a director of the BC Grape Growers Association and who oversees vineyards for Arterra Wines Canada Inc., one of the province’s largest grape growers and producer of wines sold under the Jackson-Triggs, Inniskillin Okanagan, Sumac Ridge and See Ya Later Ranch labels.

While the majority of grapes were in, Arterra and its growers continue to pull in late-season varieties that benefit from extra hang-time such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and Zinfandel.

The freeze means a greater risked of dropped fruit, never a desireable outcome, and particularly not this year when quality has been exceptional. A cool wet spring delivered a lighter crop load, and moderate conditions during the season kept sugars in check leaving flavours to concentrate during the long fall.

The freeze ended that, though it came too early to make ice wines. Wineries with fruit left to come in were scrambling to process the remains of the regular season, while others are waiting for the elements to work their magic on the late-harvest fruit.

Just eight wineries have registered their intention to make the sweet dessert wine, which can only be made from frozen grapes when temperatures dip below -8 degrees Celsius. The registration deadline this year is November 6.

BC Tree Fruits, meanwhile, reports that its growers have yet to deliver 10% of their anticipated harvest.

Co-op CEO Warren Sarafinchan said any crop hit by sub-zero temperatures would have suffered significant damage.

According to the BC Ministry of Agriculture, just a handful of growers have filed notices of loss with Production Insurance.

“It is too early to determine to what extent the freezing temperature experienced over the past weekend in the Okanagan will result in damaged fruit,” the ministry said. “However, we expect to receive more [notices] over the next week as damage starts to manifest on unharvested apples.”

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