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September 2023
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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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Watershed security report

February 2, 2022 byPeter Mitham

The province is asking for input on a new watershed security strategy that “will identify a role for all British Columbians in taking care of our watersheds within a broad provincial framework.”

A discussion paper published January 25 makes scant reference to agriculture, but the ramifications for the sector are significant.

The proposed strategy would integrate water management into land use planning, noting that it’s currently missing from the management of the Agricultural Land Reserve. “The use of these lands should be addressed through watershed governance arrangements,” it says. “Unsustainable land use practices can have serious impacts on the health of watersheds.”

Reconciliation with Indigenous communities, including the incorporation of Indigenous knowledge in water management, is also a goal of the proposed strategy.

The paper notes that the consultation parallels ongoing work in the Hullcar Valley to address nitrates in local drinking water. The issue was among the first the new BC NDP environment minister tackled after taking office in 2017.

The discussion paper echoes a “watershed security agenda for BC” that POLIS Project on Ecological Governance, an environmental group based in Victoria, issued following the 2020 provincial election. The document set a precedent for the current discussion paper.

POLIS previously prepared a report on the province’s handling of aquifer contamination in the Hullcar Valley in 2017 at the request of the province’s new NDP government. POLIS co-director Oliver Brandes, a technical advisor to the province regarding the ongoing development and implementation of the Water Sustainability Act, led the review.

POLIS is encouraging its supporters to provide feedback, calling out forests, urban areas, and farmlands for particular attention.

“In farmed areas, we need an ecological approach to soil management, carbon storage and manure pollution,” it says.

BC Agriculture Council board members will be discussing the province’s watershed strategy this week with a view to providing an official response.

The discussion paper is available and open for comment until March 18 at [https://engage.gov.bc.ca/watershedsecurity/].

 

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