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CanadaGAP participation drops

February 14, 2024 byPeter Mitham

CanadaGAP is a linchpin of foodsafety for many horticulture operations across Canada, and BC’s flourishing fruit and vegetable farms make it one of the best-represented jurisdictions in the program. But last year also saw it log one of the steepest declines of any province in the country. CanadaGAP’s annual report for the year ended August …

Cariboo potato a case study in local resilience

February 1, 2024 byKelly Sinoski

100 MILE HOUSE – A co-op farmer near 100 Mile House is seeing renewed interest in the Cariboo potato nearly 50 years after it was outlawed as a commercial seed spud. Rob Diether, a member of the Community Enhancement and Economic Development Society (CEEDS), has been growing the hardy yellow potato with pink eyes at …

Grapegrowers discuss freeze event

February 7, 2024 byTom Walker

About 150 grapegrowers from across the Okanagan gathered for two industry townhalls, February 2 and 6, to discuss mid-January’s freeze event. “Given the low temperatures and the length of the cold spell, we can assume that nearly all of the grape buds have been killed and there will be very little fruit this year,” says …

BC Tree Fruits board remains intact

February 7, 2024 byPeter Mitham

A fresh challenge to the BC Tree Fruits Co-operative board has been voted down. A special general meeting in Penticton on February 5 saw 70% of the co-op’s voting members reject motions that aimed to unseat four of the co-op board’s 10 members and change the decision-making process regarding property sales. The motions did not …

BC Veg expands mandate

February 7, 2024 byPeter Mitham

The mandate of the BC Vegetable Marketing Commission now covers the entire province, making it a truly provincial body regulating the marketing of vegetables from Atlin to Yahk. The change took effect January 1, and was highlighted in a bulletin released February 2. Prior to this year, the commission’s general orders limited its mandate to …

Arrow Lakes project revitalizing agriculture

February 1, 2024 byTracey Fredrickson

NAKUSP – The Arrow Lakes region of the West Kootenays is one of the most scenic parts of the Columbia River, nestled between the Selkirk Mountains in the east and the Monashees in the west. It has a strong agricultural history dating back to the 1800s, when many settlers came to the area to pursue …

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