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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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Sunrise Poultry COVID outbreak

May 12, 2021 byPeter Mitham

Sunrise Poultry in Surrey was well aware of the risk COVID-19 posed its workers and community prior to Fraser Health declaring an outbreak at its plant last week.

“COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the country and the risk remains,” it stated in a post to its website updating the community on steps it was taking to address the disease and encouraging the community to remain vigilant.

But even so, positive test results from 29 staff led the Fraser Health Authority to declare an outbreak at the plant on 73A Avenue on May 7. The plant will be closed until May 17 as monitoring for additional cases and contact management takes place.

Sunrise was among the meat plants that received funding through the Emergency Processing Fund the federal government established last year to defray the cost of plant upgrades and personal protective equipment food processors needed to keep operating through the pandemic. Sunrise was awarded $36,083.

The poultry industry in BC was also well ahead of the rest of the country in vaccinating workers, with BC Chicken Marketing Board executive director Bill Vanderspek reporting that most “plants, hatcheries, catching crews had at least had the opportunity to have their vaccinations” by early April.

“We’ve been way, way ahead, so we’re in good shape,” he told a regular meeting of growers on April 28.

The marketing board maintains a $2.3 million contingency fund in the event a plant closure due to a COVID-19 outbreak triggers a draw. Board chair Harvey Sasaki said the funds could be used up in just four days in the event of a plant shutdown.

Neither Sasaki nor Vanderspek were immediately available to say whether or not the Sunrise closure had triggered a draw.

Fraser Health said there is no risk to the public from Sunrise meat products on account of the outbreak. “No recall of chicken products distributed from this plant is required,” it stated.

Sunrise’s plant in Surrey slaughters and processes poultry for sale in Canada and abroad. Its federal licence permits it to export meat to the US, Mexico, South Africa and Vietnam.

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