
No extension for groundwater
Owners of existing non-domestic wells shouldn’t count on any further extensions of the province’s deadline…

Growers scramble for flights
New international travel restrictions have farm employers scrambling to arrange charter flights for workers, making…

Well-designed vegetable coolers make for hot sales
MARA – It’s a feat to grow outstanding vegetables, but without proper storage all that…

Genomics lab expands service to local growers
SURREY – The expansion of a life sciences lab at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey…

Greenhouse sets example for others to follow
SALMO – It’s -8°C and snowing in the central Kootenay town of Salmo, but inside…

Help available for farm business succession
DUNSTER – With the average age of BC farmers close to 60, retirement and farm…

Egg producer questions support for local eggs
DUNCAN – A Vancouver Island egg producer/grader wants the corporate egg business to give consumers…

CPR on ALR track
PITT MEADOWS – Pitt Meadows could lose more than 100 acres of protected farmland if…

Pacific Agriculture Show kicks off
The first all-digital edition of the Pacific Agriculture Show kicks off Thursday morning, treating participants…

Sidney plant lab takes shape
While governments around the world take steps to rein in the COVID-19 pandemic, work continues…

Agriculture drives Okanagan hopes
Agriculture has been touted as a potential driver of BC’s economic recovery from the COVID-19…

Provincial quarantine program working
Seasonal workers and farm businesses continue to benefit from the province’s publicly funded quarantine program,…

Seedy Sunday goes seedless
Vancouver Island Health Authority has told a local Seedy Sunday event to go seedless this…

Warm winter stalls icewine
Despite an early frost at the end of October, the winter’s warm weather has shrivelled…

CP Rail’s plans for extension cause concern
Pitt Meadows could lose more than 100 acres of farmland if CP Rail gets the…
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