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Okanagan dairy farmers dumping milk, struggling to find processors
B.C. dairy farmers are working against time to get milk to processors to meet market…
Award-winning garlic grower near Kamloops shares trade secrets
While some farmers choose to plant their garlic in mid-October, a grower on a farm…
Evacuating farm animals amidst White Rock Lake wildfire a major operation
The process of evacuating large farm animals due to wildfires burning in the B.C. Interior…
What those helicopters were doing in Okanagan orchards last week
Compared to last week’s deep freeze, weather in B.C.’s Southern interior will be almost balmy…
What the Duck? Shuswap gardener says you’re quacked if you don’t have one
Shuswap resident Jedidiah Wiebe describes himself as a "duck evangelist." With a couple of dozen…
Kelowna Jaycees Farm Project grows produce for charity and passion for gardening
The Kelowna Junior Chamber International Farm Project began with a quarter acre of Kelowna farmland,…
Okanagan farmers defend treatment of migrant workers under COVID-19
The firing of two Mexican workers in West Kelowna for, allegedly, talking to a worker’s…
‘Farmland is to be used for farming’ Central Okanagan Regional District staff say
Some of the Okanagan’s most picturesque stretches of agricultural land are being misused, according to…
West Kelowna’s nutty roots are unique to the Okanagan, and due to the Gellatly family
West Kelowna's nutty history can be traced back more than 100 years, to when the…
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…
Self isolation brings uptick for backyard chickens
As supermarkets remain busy and liquor stores report increased sales, the coronavirus situation also appears…
Foreign workers for Okanagan farms, orchards still aren’t allowed to travel to Canada
Okanagan farms and orchards were expecting big news last night and thought they got it…
Okanagan farmers brace for losses as workforce banned from Canada amid COVID-19 concerns
The Okanagan's farmers long relied upon workers from other countries to care to bring crops…
Okanagan apple industry going through ‘necessary reset,’ says industry member
Apple farming may not be making anyone rich right now but from the perspective of…
‘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…