BC Tree Fruits
Okanagan cherry crop ‘looking very good’ as first fruit of season ready in Osoyoos
There’s optimism in South Okanagan cherry orchards this year as the picking of the first…
B.C. Tree Fruits office in downtown Kelowna sells for $7.5M
B.C. Tree Fruits Cooperative has sold its building on prime downtown Kelowna real estate for…
Okanagan apple growers seek help after years of dismal returns
Okanagan apple growers protested current apple economics at last weekend's Kelowna Farmers Market. Growers offered…
Buyers are clamouring for this historic downtown Kelowna building
It didn’t take long after he was named CEO of the B.C. Tree Fruits last…
B.C. Tree Fruits wants property on Osoyoos Lake removed from ALR so it can be sold
The Agricultural Land Commission is looking at an application to remove 5.2 hectares of land,…
Troubled times for Okanagan apple orchardists
It’s not the best of times for the Okanagan’s 400-plus apple growers who are struggling…
Small fire forces employees out of cidery in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A small fire has forced the early closing of the B.C. Tree Fruits…
Local peaches are being picked and packed now
PENTICTON – The Okanagan peach season has arrived. B.C.Tree Fruits marketing manager Chris Pollock says…
B.C. Tree Fruits: Life is a bowl of cherries for growers this year
KELOWNA – Okanagan growers are seeing the benefits of early summer weather conditions as they…
BC Tree Fruits to release signature cider
KELOWNA – A new cider by will be available at select B.C. Liquor Stores, beer and wine stores and restaurants as of April 1 and it's no joke. Broken Ladder cider comes from B.C. Tree Fruits and has been in the works for years. The development process included an intensive recipe process, partnerships in the...
Burnt packing bins bad news for fruit growers
VERNON - Hundreds of wooden bins that would have been used in just a short time to pack the North Okanagan apple harvest were damaged or destroyed in what fire officials are calling a suspicious blaze. The 11:30 p.m. fire Monday night at Growers Supply, the sales arm of B.C. Tree Fruits, located in the...