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About 40 community members gathered at Silver Creek Community Hall near Salmon Arm last Thursday to discuss ways to improve water availability for both farms and spawning salmon. While the province has since rescinded a fish protection order for the watershed that shut down irrigation, future risks to water access remain top of mind. "We are here because water matters to each of us," says rancher and organizer Trudy Schweb. Farmland Riparian Interface Stewardship Program manager Lee Hesketh outlined the potential for upland water storage while Rob Dinwoodie highlighted cost-shared funding opportunities through the Environmental Farm Plan program for riparian assessments, irrigation efficiency upgrades and other water-related projects available to producers. Photo credit | Facebook/Trudy Schweb

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Salmon River Watershed Roundtable should be looked into again.

Well done my girl,the voice of Silver Creek ranchers and more

Thanks for covering this🌟

23 hours ago

The BC Fruit Growers Association is urging Greater Vernon Water and the Regional District of North Okanagan to halt water shut-offs hitting 2,100+ acres of Okanagan orchards mid-season. With losses potentially topping $250 million, fruit growers say decisions of this scale demand a coordinated plan with farmers and the province — not one-sided cuts. They’re not the only producers affected by this year’s dry conditions.

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VERNON – Water restrictions intensified across the southern Interior in late July, with record low stream flows clouding the cash outlook for ranches and orchards. Fourteen agricultural water users�...

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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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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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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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