This article is linked to the one following on this Home page. Again, the results of the agriculture community taking an organized approach to promoting agriculture in the region.
By Richard Rolke - Vernon Morning Star
Published: April 11, 2012 1:00 AM
A blueprint for addressing agricultural issues is being hammered out.
Terms of reference have been established for a new agricultural a
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The following write-up is a good example of the outcome of taking a proactive approach to promoting regional agriculture. I'm sure the North Okanagan isn't the only area of the province where agriculture is underappreciated. This tour, organized and put on by the Kamloops Dairymen Association, is the second one it has held in the region. The first was in the Salmon Arm area and, like with this one ...
USDA sets guidelines for healthier school meals March 02, 2012 Source: Ian Simpson Farm Marketer:... ...
-potentially good news for the agriculture sector, given the carbon tax has had significant impact on the ability of producers to compete with imported products that do not have such a tax in their jurisdications.
B.C. Liberals announce review of province’s carbon tax
IAN BAILEY
VICTORIA— From Wednesday's Globe and Mail
Published Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 10:22PM EST
Last updated Tuesday, Feb.
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Good news for cherry growers!!
February 9, 2012, Kelowna, BC
Responding to news of Harper signing a Co-operative Arrangement in China today that opens the doors for BC cherries, David Stirling, president of BC’s Okanagan Kootenay Cherry Growers’ Association, said “this is terrific news for the tree fruit industry. BC cherries are exported all over the world, particularly Taiwan and other
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From Meatingplace.com : An editorial by Michael Formicella titled On the Lamb
American lamb is more popular than ever these days. The rise in demand has this alternative protein to beef, pork, and chicken booming. Domestic sheep farmers are worried they will not be able to keep up with this pace long term. There are challenges that farmers face in today’s economic environment, such as long term
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Ref; Abbotsford-Mission Times Nov 29/11
There's an app for that. Farmers in B.C. are about to become more social media savvy and be contributors to the energy grid, thanks to $280,000 in seed money from the jointly-supported federal and provincial Growing Forward fund.
With a backdrop of thousands of brilliant red poinsettias at Vaandrager Nurseries in Abbotsford, local MP Ed Fast and Abbo
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