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Agriculture
How a new Canadian organic farming app is trying to weed out paperwork
Heather Stretch usually spends a few days each winter corralling paperwork that traces her produce…
An agricultural park pitched for Vernon’s BX Ranchlands
The Regional District of North Okanagan is looking into the possibility of turning the BX…
Early winter blast struck end-of-harvest blow to Okanagan apple growers
The early season snow followed by a blast of Arctic air in the southern Interior…
Shuswap barley tea company featured on upcoming episode of Dragons’ Den
A Shuswap barley tea company will be featured in an upcoming episode of the CBC's…
Lake Country orchardist ’not happy’ with district’s response to zoning issue
A Lake Country orchardist is still unimpressed by the district’s decision to temporarily allow him…
Lake Country orchardist not pleased competitor’s complaint forced closure of fruit stand
A Lake Country orchardist is questioning the nature of a complaint that led to the…
One complaint forces Lake Country orchardist to dismantle fruit stand
A Lake Country orchardist who has been using a location along Highway 97 for years…
Essential Okanagan farm workers should have the same rights as citizens: activist group
Despite being called temporary foreign workers, the thousands of people who are essential to getting…
Record sales reported in 2019 for B.C. wineries
B.C. is reporting a record number of sales last year for the province's food and…
Labour shortage, smoke causing delay in Okanagan apple harvest
With a smoky blanket covering the Okanagan for the last week, the Okanagan apple harvest…
Okanagan apple industry expecting shortage of pickers
With fewer workers arriving through the seasonal agricultural worker program, the apple industry is bracing…
Port Alberni family honoured for 100 years of farming
A Port Alberni family is being honoured after working on their farm for four generations.…
Spring flooding forced this Kelowna woman to get creative with her Curly Frog Farm
When Brenda Dureault bought a 26-acre hayfield from her father 20 years ago it was…
‘Desperate for workers’: Okanagan and Creston cherry and apple farms need help
Okanagan and Creston cherry and apple farms are abandoning crops due to a lack of…
Matriarch of West Kelowna farm family dies at 100
The matriarch of the Paynter's Fruit Market family in West Kelowna has died at the…
Summerland turns portion of municipal campground into temporary agricultural worker accommodation
A portion of Summerland’s Peach Orchard Municipal Campground will be converted into accommodations for seasonal…
It looks like another bad year for Kamloops, Okanagan peaches, apricots
It's blossom time for early budding fruits like peaches, nectarines and apricots but gardeners from…
Federal COVID-19 aid for agriculture ‘profoundly underwhelming’: B.C. fruit growers
The future of a safe, secure food supply is at risk, members B.C. Fruit Growers’…
Kelowna Farmers’ Market weathers negative public feedback with physical distancing protocols
The Kelowna Farmers' and Crafters' Market opened two weeks ago outside the Parkinson Recreation Centre…
Grapes tainted by smoke is real for Okanagan wineries but a solution offers hope
The question comes up for local wineries during every bad wildfire season but few winemakers…
Okanagan apple growers being hit hard by financial losses
Okanagan apple farmers are suffering significant financial hardship with higher costs and lower returns, according…
B.C. beekeepers and cranberry farmers get a boost
Beekeepers looking for new ways to produce more honey and cranberry producers seeking more pollinators…
‘My whole life has been in apples:’ Davison Orchards from humble beginning to busy tourist spot
VERNON – Dressed in a baggy plaid shirt, with jeans that are at least one…
Okanagan Spirits blazed a trail for craft distilleries, but the fight isn’t over yet
KELOWNA – Seventeen years ago, there was no such thing as a craft spirits distillery.…