Slocan market garden finds its sweet spot
WINLAW – Good management and a commitment to making nutritious, ecologically grown food accessible to…
BCAC shifts to advocacy
ABBOTSFORD – One of the biggest organizational shifts in BC agriculture since the 1990s will…
Farmers struggle to get insurance coverage Insurance
SALMON ARM – A hard market cycle for the insurance industry is making it harder…
Water licensing process needs streamlining
KAMLOOPS – With a shocking lack of licences issued five years into BC’s groundwater licensing…
Farmers say new policy statement devalues ag
PENDER ISLAND – Agriculture in the Gulf Islands will no longer be recognized as a…
Heatwave stresses livestock
BC became the hottest place in Canada ever on Sunday, and again Monday and Tuesday…
“Significant losses” to fruit
BC fruit growers stand to be hit the hardest by the current heat wave, with…
Xaxli’p target food security
Xaxli’p First Nation is looking to agriculture to increase local food security, create jobs and…
Agassiz land exclusion refused
BC’s Agricultural Land Commission has stood firm against a bid by the District of Kent…
Fruit growers seek workers
The prospect of a record cherry crop has Okanagan growers scrambling for workers as a…
Farmers market returns
The Langley Community Farmers Market started up again on June 16 with a solid turn…
BCAC shifts to advocacy
Policy development is in, program delivery is out as the BC Agriculture Council prepares to…
Semios growth advances
Vancouver-based pest control company SemiosBio Technologies Inc. has made its first acquisition, continuing its growth…
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