BC’s cranberry harvest kicked off September 23 with Lower Mainland growers harvesting the first of this year’s crop. “Harvest is on target with quality and quantity,” says Kalpna Solanki, chair of the BC Cranberry Marketing Commission. The commission reports that a cool, wet spring delayed this year’s harvest by more than a week. The harvest …
Kalpna Solanki
Solanki heads cranberry commission
The BC Cranberry Marketing Commission has a new chair. Jack Brown has stepped down as chair, handing the reins to Kalpna Solanki, who said she has “big shoes to fill” when her appointment was announced at the commission’s annual general meeting March 3. The change is effective today (March 10). Solanki is CEO of the …