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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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Ukraine adds to producer pressures

March 9, 2022 byPeter Mitham

The trade fallout from Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine threatens to add to the pressures producers face in what was already shaping up to be an expensive growing season.

Responding to international sanctions, Russia has urged its producers to halt exports of fertilizer, which was already in short supply in Europe due to production disruptions. This has put pressure on the global supply, with the world price of fertilizers increasing $200 a ton in the immediate aftermath of the invasion.

Supplies of fuel will also be under pressure, as countries shift purchases away from Russia to other regions. Canada’s natural gas is being eyed by countries such as Latvia, while fuel prices here have been scaling record peaks.

“What this conflict will do is bring to the agri-food sector a new layer of uncertainty, at the worst possible time,” remarked Sylvain Charlebois of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University last week. “Canadian farmers are likely to do well with markets, but prohibitively expensive fertilizer prices could impact agricultural output in the northern Hemisphere, including Canada.”

Agriculture and Agri-food Canada will be holding a call with sector stakeholders today to discuss the impact of the war and hear what impacts it’s already having.

However, at least one BC company is looking beyond the challenges to make a difference.

Handlers Equipment Ltd. of Abbotsford will be donating $500 from the sale of every new Mahindra tractor, Hyundai excavator and wheel loader, and Avant compact loader this month to relief efforts through the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. It challenges other businesses to do likewise.

In addition to Handlers, which aims to raise $10,000, the province has pledged $1 million to relief efforts through the Canadian Red Cross. The province has also hinted that it may consult its Land Owner Transparency Registry to take action against Russian nationals who own BC property.

 

 

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