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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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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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Stand offers berries to go

August 12, 2020 bySarbmeet Singh

Drive-thru lanes are a familiar sight at fast-food joints, but can you imagine drive-thru farm stands?

They’ve become a popular option for farms trying to minimize the risk of spreading COVID-19 this year. Eagle Acres in Langley and Maan Farms in Abbotsford offered drive-through options for on-farm events this spring. This summer, Blueberry Junction in Abbotsford has incorporated a drive-through option to ensure social distancing for u-pick visitors and berry purchases.

Usually, all transactions are handled in a hut that serves as a retail stand at the front of the property. But the close quarters made that impossible this year due to social distancing protocols requiring two metres’ separation.

Instead, visitors drive into the farm and pay for berries at a tent. Those who want to explore the farm can drive around the field while staff prepare their order. Vehicles flow in one direction guided by signage along the farm’s driveway, making sure the process is safe as well as comfortable for visitors. When they exit, staff equipped with personal protective equipment place the packages of berries in their vehicles.

The farm is continuing to offer u-pick at the front of the property to avoid traffic congestion and physical distancing among guests.

“We have come up with this idea to prevent COVID this year,” says co-owner Kerry Seale. “During the previous years, we used to sell the fruit at the front desk of the farm. But this year, due to the pandemic, we are using the front of the farm for u-picking. The consumers are encouraged to use drive-thru for fresh pick-up.”

Visitors have adapted to the new way of making farm-fresh food faster and just as convenient as to-go options.

“This drive thru mode is [a] safer mode in this pandemic. The customers can come and pick fruit,” said Manpreet, a visitor at Blueberry Junction.

 

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