B.C. Fruit Growers Association
Fruit growers rally in Osoyoos after couple tough years
Fruit growers are rallying in Osoyoos Tuesday to raise awareness about the financial pressure on…
Up to 80% of Okanagan peach crop wiped out by winter cold snap
The cold snap in the southern Interior earlier this winter wiped out roughly three-quarters of…
Okanagan’s last major drought left food on ground to rot during Great Depression
The Okanagan recorded one of the driest years on record in 2023 and with no…
The good news and bad news about this year’s Okanagan cherries
A cool spring has delayed the 2022 cherry season in the Okanagan and Kamloops. And…
Some cherry farmers lost entire crops in heat wave; apple farmers still waiting to see damage
B.C.’s tree fruit farmers were dealt a devastating blow last week when temperatures reached record…
The Okanagan has only one-third the apple acreage from 30 years ago
Over the past three decades, the number of acres in the Okanagan and Creston valleys…
B.C. orchardists fear summer labour shortage due to COVID-19 pandemic
It's going to look very different in orchards and tree planting sites in B.C. due…
Why Okanagan orchardists may have to rely more on local labour this year
The lockdown at Byland Nurseries because of confirmed COVID-19 cases amongst temporary foreign workers is…
Okanagan cherry season is underway
KELOWNA – Nothing quite says summer in the Okanagan than eating ripe, juicy cherries until…
Why locals aren’t working in Okanagan agriculture
KELOWNA – During the summer months, Okanagan farms and orchards attract workers from around the…
Fruit growers frustrated with City of Kelowna over temporary farm worker housing plan
KELOWNA – Members of the agricultural community say the City of Kelowna did not communicate…
Kelowna cherries will be on the shelves by next week
KELOWNA – Local cherries will be on sale in Kelowna early next week and maybe…
B.C. fruit growers say no to genetically modified apples
KELOWNA – Fruit growers in B.C. are planning to ask the government to de-register the…
Okanagan apples almost ready to cross the globe
OKANAGAN – The general manager of the B.C. Fruit Growers Association says they are about a month away from knowing if Okanagan apples will be bound for one of the largest markets in the world. Glen Lucas says he had hoped they would have the answers to whether or not local apples will be a...
B.C. Fruit Growers Association to choose a president this weekend
PENTICTON - Kelowna's Fred Steele, president of the B.C. Fruit Growers' Association, will find out if he'll remain at the helm for a second term when he goes head-to-head with Vernon's Jeet Dukhia at the annual convention in Penticton this weekend. Dukhia was the association president in 2013, prior to Steele's term, so each candidate...