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The Stewart family's Quails' Gate Winery received the Canadian Wine Industry Award of Distinction at the BC Wine Industry Insight Conference and Awards today in Penticton. Rowan Stewart accepted on behalf of the four-generation farming family, which founded the winery in 1989 and was recognized for leadership in grape production and innovation in the winery experience. By video, Rowan's dad Tony said, "Success (in the industry) depends on collaboration ... If we work together, we can accomplish so much more." Myles Pruden, former president and CEO of Wine Growers BC, received the Wine Industry Champion award.

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18 hours ago

TJ and Olivia McWilliam had no farming background when they launched Vive le Veg Farm on a quarter acre in Ladner in 2021. Four years later, they're farming two acres, supplying Vancouver's top restaurants and paying TJ a $60,000 salary. Their story is a masterclass in starting small, tracking numbers and building relationships. Read more#BCAg..

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Restaurant connections fuel farm’s growth

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LADNER – Growth is on the agenda for Ladner’s Vive le Veg Farm, where owners TJ and Olivia McWilliam have a new baby and have nearly doubled the size of their market garden to two acres.

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Thats minimum wage in Vancouver.

vive la veg has a clever business model and amazing farm produce. They work so hard to make their farm business work!

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6 days ago

It takes a village! The Small Scale Meat Producers Association welcomed provincial and community leaders and stakeholders to an open house at the North Okanagan Butcher Hub in Spallumcheen earlier today. The butcher hub opened for business last September to provide local, small-scale meat producers a dedicated cut-and-wrap facility and access to a mobile butcher trailer to get their products to market. The first of its kind in BC, it addresses a critical gap in the provincial meat supply chain and is designed as a reproducible model for rural communities across the province. The project is a partnership between the Small Scale Meat Producers Association, the provincial government, the Township of Spallumcheen, the Regional District of the North Okanagan and the Agricultural Land Commission.

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6 days ago

The Agricultural Land Commission is laying off staff after years of flat funding under the BC NDP. ALC chair Jennifer Dyson warns that application volumes, enforcement activity and legal obligations have all risen while its operating budget has stayed effectively flat — meaning longer wait times ahead for some services.

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Land Commission lays off staff

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With no budget increase this year, the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) is laying off six staff to make ends meet. “Ongoing financial constraints and the requirement to operate within the approved...

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Not quite on the subject but.. could you please share how the requirements have changed for changing Ag land to development land? Honest respectful question. I see a bunch of ag land being developed and I was wondering what or how it has changed

Dyson makes $725 a day!

Cut that government bloat!

Biggest problem , people doing what they don't know how to do it . Hire farmers . Dykes and drainage commission should also be maintained and managed by farmers . These city folk should all be kicked to the curb

We need to just abolish the ALC, it is a useless bureaucratic entity.

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