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The BC Fruit Growers Association has joined Apples Canada, a new national voice for provincial apple organizations in BC, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Charles Stevens of Ontario chairs the new group, an evolution of the apple working group within Fruit & Vegetable Growers Canada (FVGC), the new group will tackle production, sustainability, research and policy issues as well as advocate for market access in partnership with FVGC. It follows the creation of the Greenhouse Produce Alliance of Canada earlier this year, which replaced the former greenhouse vegetable working group. The berry and field vegetable sectors will continue to maintain working groups with FVGC, while the long-estblished Canadian Potato Council serves the interests of potato growers under the FVGC umbrella.

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7 hours ago

More than 543,501 pounds of food were given away in Cloverdale, August 8, smashing the old Guinness World Record for the largest donation of fruits and vegetables in 24 hours. When Tyler Heppell of Heppell's Potatoes joined the family farm and learned what was seen as unsaleable by retailers, he knew he had to do something. He started Ugly Potato Day in 2022 to combat food insecurity. Only 12 people went to the first event at the farm where he gave away the potatoes aesthetically unsuitable for retail. This year, Ugly Potato Day by Odd Bunch provided fruits and vegetables donated by a number of farms and Odd Bunch to more than 30,000 people and attracted the attention of motivational speaker Tony Robbins, who attended the record-breaking even#BCAg#BCAg ... See MoreSee Less

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10 hours ago

Agricultural Land Commission CEO Kim Grout is leaving the organization to become executive director of the Union of BC Municipalities on September 8 after more than a decade of service. Grout joined the ALC in December 2015, guiding it through multiple regulatory changes while dealing with a budget that did not keep pace with the demands placed upon it. Earlier this year, the commission shed six positions. Now, Grout is leaving. The province will conduct a search for her successor, with no announcement expected before the fall.

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More like they made so many rules and regulations, even they couldn't keep up!

All the best Kim

Pretty easy move for a bump of $100,000.00 per year. When will it end.

Ruined the farming industry now headed for more destruction

2 days ago

The province has just rescinded a fish protection order in the Salmon River watershed in the face of extreme wildfire conditions in the southern Interior. The move lets ranchers irrigate fields and pastures, reducing the volume of dry fuels on the landscape and protecting properties. The move comes as the volatile Bald Range fire in Summerland impacts multiple producers in the district and surrounding area. Now at 23,500 acres, the Bald Range fire has displaced 22,000 people with no timeline for re-entry. Producers are directed to contact emergency operations centres set up by the Okanagan-Similkameen and Central Okanagan regional districts for support.

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Rocket science !!!

Setting up irrigation never has felt this good Cathy Glover

A lot more people/farms along the river now and that is definitely using both river and groundwater.

Stabilize and bring the banks back to the old width, pile the banks with rip rock high enough for flood waters to keep it from widening out and let the water flow keep the channel deeper and plant trees on the banks to keep the water shaded and cooler.....then you will have brought it back for fish and farmer. Too me just common sense that is not quite so common these days. There can be balance for both camps.

As an old resident of Silver Creek I can remember this time of year when there was lots of water in the river and so many salmon if you created a shadow as you walked onto it bridge all you would see was spray from all the salmon you spooked, but sadly over the years with declining water flow and the mouth of the river needing dredged out the count at the fish trap by our old place is under 50 salmon per year. This to me is an urgent crisis also. Sorry if I pissed som people off but I guess the truth hurts

Good for the farms for sure! Will the salmon be okay?

May you and your animals stay safe.

Common sense prevailed. No farmers, no food for humans or animals.

the reality is, which is more important fish or beef? For too many years we have been conditioned by the native 'fish are important to our culture' guilt trip. Beef is important to my culture, and fish is a bonus. Inland indians eat beef too!! and Raise beef

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Was pretty dumb thing to do in the first place. Salmon are not more important than people.

Classic BC flip-flopping! Our taxes pay for these guys to wander around wondering what to F with next.

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Classic government flip flop

Shouldn't have happened to start with.... At least some reprieve, thank a BC farmer the next time you eat.

Stupid to stop them in the first place Another stupid bureaucratic idea

Typical always behind the ball or after the fact. Every decision this government makes is all damage control they seem to do nothing to work to prevent things before it ruins peoples lives and costs tax payers millions.

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2 days ago

The Bald Range fire in Summerland is impacting multiple producers in the district and surrounding area. With volatile fire behaviour expected through the weekend, the province has declared a state of emergency. Erick Thompson, communications officer with the RDOS told Country Life in BC an unknown number of farm properties are affected by the fire, now at 23,500 acres, with no timeline for re-entry. Producers have been directed to contact the emergency operations centres set up by the Okanagan-Similkameen and Central Okanagan regional districts for support. Photo | Facebook/Lost BC

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