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Okanagan apple growers consider marketing commission to sell their fruit
While Okanagan apple growers didn't experience the same kind of killing damage that January’s cold…
iN VIDEO: Okanagan fruit spraying in 1955 came without today’s safety gear
There was a time when Okanagan orchardists had to spend six hours just to spray…
BC cherry growers launch anti-dumping action against U.S. fruit
BC residents are urged to buy fresh, locally grown cherries rather than older fruit still…
Okanagan College’s Unusually Good Apple Juice flowing into Superstores
It’s not yet a flood of apple juice but Okanagan College’s Unusually Good Food Co.…
Dissent among Okanagan growers puts gains by tree fruits cooperative at risk
Fifteen per cent of B.C. Tree Fruits Cooperative members have joined together to force a…
You can get fresh Okanagan fruit in Kelowna’s Orchard Park Mall
Fresh peaches, peppers, blueberries and other items picked from South Okanagan farmers can now be…
Kelowna fruit growers gearing up to protest against move to Oliver
Kelowna area fruit growers are planning to rally tomorrow, Sept. 1, against B.C. Tree Fruits'…
B.C. Tree Fruits plant closing Lake Country location, moving to South Okanagan
Despite the fact that 70% of the apples grown by B.C. Tree Fruits Cooperative members…
B.C. cherry growers celebrate as access granted to lucrative South Korean market
Canadian cherries have been granted market access to South Korea by Canada's market access secretariat,…
Not so peachy: Fruit prices going to be the pits
With rising inflation and less supply of peaches this year due to the cooler weather,…
Summerland Sweets: Fulfilling a legacy for now 60 years
A small little shop nestled deep within the orchards of Summerland has been turning local…
Kamloops, Okanagan cherry farmer expecting price increases because of early cold
Despite cooler temperatures and variable spring weather in both the Okanagan Valley and the Thompson…
New plan for Okanagan tree fruits takes aim at backyard farmers
A new plan to “stabilize” the tree fruit industry could include a new taxing regime…
It’s almost cherry-blossom time and this year, Pritchard is in
Cherry blossoms will burst into life over the next couple of weeks and, for the…
Shipping Okanagan cherries around the world is more complicated than you think
When Beth Cavers grew up in the Okanagan, cherries ripened in late June or early…