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MAY 2025
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1 week ago

From orchard manager to government specialist and now executive director of the BC Fruit Growers Association, Adrian Arts brings a rare blend of hands-on farming experience and organizational leadership to an industry poised for renewal. His appointment comes at a pivotal moment for BC fruit growers, with Arts expressing enthusiasm about continuing the momentum built by his predecessor and working alongside a board that signals a generational shift in agricultural advocacy.

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A combination of organizational management and practical farming experience has primed the new executive director of the BC Fruit Growers Association to lead the industry forward.
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A public consultation is now underway on the powers and duties of the BC Milk Marketing Board. Key issues for dairy producers include transportation costs, rules governing shipments and limitations on supporting processing initiatives. Stakeholders have until May 31 to comment.

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A public consultation on the powers and duties of the BC Milk Marketing Board is underway as part of a triennial review required by the British Columbia Milk Marketing Board Regulation.
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BC wool shipments drop sharply in 2023, according to StatsCan data released in mid-April. Local producers shipped just 5,200kg at 37¢/kg, down from 18,600kg at $1.08/kg in 2022. While many farmers now use wool on-farm or dispose of it due to low market value, innovative producers like Emily McIvor point to untapped opportunities. Read more in our Farm News Update from Country Life in BC.

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BC wool value, volume drop

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BC sheep producers shipped less wool for less in 2023, reversing strong growth a year earlier. BC producers shipped 5,200 kilograms of raw wool in 2023, according to Statistics Canada data released on...
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Eric Feehely and Miho Shinbo are growing 30+ crops on 2.5 acres in Vernon. Writer Myrna Stark Leader takes a look at how Silverstar Veggies is balancing CSA programs, farmers markets and restaurant sales while planning smart expansions in challenging economic times in Market farm works smarter, not harder.

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VERNON – Silverstar Veggies, a five-year-old mixed vegetable and herb farm in Vernon, thrives on passion and innovative ideas. A former watersport and adventure sport instructor…
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Short course rebranded, again

The Growers' Supply hort show in Oliver, February 14, attracted a full house of growers from Kamloops to Osoyoos after a two-year hiatus during the pandemic. TOM WALKER

October 18, 2023 byPeter Mitham

The long-running horticultural growers’ short course has undergone a fresh rebranding as it looks ahead to 2024.

Scheduled to run January 25-27, alongside the Pacific Agriculture Show at Tradex in Abbotsford, the Lower Mainland Horticultural Show will be one of three farm shows delivered by the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food in partnership with local organizers.

The name of the event, organized by the Lower Mainland Horticultural Improvement Association since 1958, underwent a change last year when the ministry stepped in as a delivery partner.

Rebranded as the Regenerative Agriculture and Growers’ Short Course, the event was presented by the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food in partnership with LMHIA and the Pacific Agriculture Show.

The trio will continue to deliver the educational program, while the Pacific Agriculture Show will continue to organize the trade show that runs in parallel with the learning sessions.

The new name for the educational program emphasizes the local focus and drops the “regenerative agriculture” moniker, part of a broader shift on the part of the province as climate change adaptation attains greater prominence.

Conference funding will be provided in part through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative which will also support the Islands Agriculture Show at the Cowichan Exhibition Grounds in Duncan, February 2-3, 2024 and the Southern Interior Horticultural Show, at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre, February 16-17, 2024.

The province picked up the shows in Duncan and Penticton following last year’s successful run with the Lower Mainland show.

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