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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/leaked-letter-questions-bc-governments-ability-to-protect-farmland/article24536006/Farmer...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/more-foreign-companies-buying-bc-farmland-to-earn-carbon-credits/article24324049// More foreign...
The province has just posted a list of committee members and the committee's terms of reference:...
Some of you will have read an article in the recent Country Life magazine that questioned the democracy of advocacy. As one of the interviewees in...
PST returns April 1. That means the old rules as far as what is PST exempt for farm purchases will pretty much apply, again. Those of you who...
Do you belong to a local area Agriculture Advisory Committee? Anyone interested in discussing what you think they are doing, or are going to be...
This applies particularly to farms that rely on off-farm income to stay afloat. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), to which the BCAC...
Did you notice? In the province's budget, one sector received a decent carbon tax break...the horticulture sector. Good for them. They needed it...
November 20 meeting – “Compost, Woodwaste, Mortality Issues” The Committee agreed in principle to the following points (these are not set in stone...
July 10 meeting – “Storage Issues” The Committee agreed in principle to the following points (these are not set in stone and may require...
Background The Environmental Management Act was enacted on July 8, 2004, to replace the old Waste Management Act and the Environment Management...
recommendations...continued... Competition is necessary: The imposition of the meat regulations resulted in clear winners and losers. The winners...
The following is a letter to Minister Letnick following his meeting with a groups of local producers and processors in Falkland. The view reflects...
Kootenay Silvopasture Tour Thursday, 20 September 2012, 09:00 – 14:00 Start from junction of Pritchard Road and Hwy 3/93, Cranbrook Free to...
From the outset, when the province announced its intention to impose a carbon tax, the BCAC has pushed to have that tax not apply to agriculture. ...
I'm not sure why, exactly, but supply management often generates arguments both for and against it even among farmers. The following outlines why it...
As many of you know, the next iteration of the Federal/Provincial Growing Forward program for agriculture is in the planning stages. The BCAC has...
This Act was introduced for first reading yesterday. http://www.leg.bc.ca/39th4th/1st_read/gov37-1.htm Note the power of the Chief...
...principles for establishing an Agricultural Water Reserve...continued... What is an AWR? The working definition of an AWR is: The AWR is...
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