Farm communities unite for provincial funding
Farmland tax gap strains ability to fund infrastructure upgrades

SUMMERLAND – BC’s small agricultural communities are working together to make a collective pitch for more farm infrastructure funding from the province. Summerland mayor Doug Holmes, along with Pitt Meadows mayor Nicole McDonald and North Cowichan mayor Rob Douglas, proposed the idea of an Agricultural Municipality Initiative (AMI) for farmland to BC agriculture minister Lana …
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