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September 2023
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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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VERNON – Ranchers might be concerned about how the public sees their industry, but a producer-funded team at the Canadian Cattle Association has their back. Amy Peck, manager of the Canadian Cattle...
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BC Tree Fruit Co-op has sold its Lake Country packing house as part of its long-term plan to consolidate operations. The sale, to an undisclosed buyer, closed on August 31, 2023 for $15.8 million. ... See MoreSee Less

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BC Tree Fruit Co-op has sold its Lake Country packing house as part of its long-term plan to consolidate operations. The sale, to an undisclosed buyer, closed on August 31, 2023 for $15.8 million.
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Who bought it ffs ?

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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Province consults on agritech

Catherine Tarasoff, left, and Rachael Roussin demonstrate an infiltrometer that measures how long it takes the soil to absorb water. TOM WALKER PHOTO

July 26, 2023 byPeter Mitham

A legislature committee is requesting submissions regarding soil health and carbon sequestration as part of a consultation designed to inform the province’s agritech and regenerative agriculture strategy.

The Select Standing Committee on Agriculture, Fish and Food is accepting written submissions through November 17. Public meetings will be scheduled for November.

“Committee members are interested in hearing about opportunities to increase carbon content in agricultural soils, support BC’s agritech sector, and encourage the use of made-in-BC innovations,” said committee chair and Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA Rick Glumac. Deputy chair is Delta South MLA Ian Paton, also Opposition critic for agriculture.

The committee has held four meeting since being convened in February. The most recent, on June 12, received several submissions from representatives of government, industry and academia, including the BC Agriculture Council, Farm Folk/City Folk (a member of the Farmers for Climate Solutions initiative, with which the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food has aligned its interests) and Sean Smukler, a soil scientist with the UBC Centre for Sustainable Food Systems.

Several of the presenters contributed to the final report of the agriculture minister’s advisory group on regenerative agriculture and agritech, which the province received in May and included 10 recommendations accompanied by detailed actions to ramp up the sustainability of BC’s agricultural sector in the next 12 to 18 months.

The top recommendations included a producer-centric approach to identifying best practices; establishing and communicating baselines of soil health and determining realistic goals for improvement; developing demonstration projects and extension services to support the best practices for local contexts; and leveraging established government initiatives like the Environmental Farm Plan and Beneficial Management Practices programs to encourage the expanded adoption of sustainable agricultural practices.

The nine-member committee was formed at the direction of Premier David Eby in February. The committee is set to report back to the legislature by the end of February 2024.

The committee originally included 10 members, but was reduced to nine with the resignation of Green Party member and Saanich North and the Islands MLA Adam Olsen.

 

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