Local Food Hubs: Filling the gaps in the local food system Submitted. While global markets have driven down the relative price of food and expanded the variety of foods we…
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By Stephen Evans. I hear lots of side conversations about the development of a Community Development Corporation (CDC) for our City. Having worked as an Economic Development Officer, more than…
Protecting Agricultural Land: The Past, Present and Proposed changes to BC legislation have put the Agricultural Land Reserve at risk. Protecting the ALR is essential to the food security and…
A lack of rail capacity for delivering Canada’s grain to market has led to cash flow problems and grain shortages for food processors, millers and livestock operations in BC’s Fraser…
From UFV*. British Columbia’s newest centre of excellence is dedicated to agriculture, with construction progressing at the University of the Fraser Valley on a brand-new barn and greenhouses after an…
Abbotsford Today has been receiving a number of questions from local dairy farmers, and other exportable goods producers, about the effects of the recently announced Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement…
Fraser Valley Conservative MPs Must Explain Why They Allowed Harper To Sell Out The Dairy Industry By Mike Archer. If Stephen Harper’s re-ignition of the long-stalled EU Trade talks this…
By Mike Archer. If Prime Minister Stephen Harper actually intends to give away 32 percent of the Canadian fine cheese market in order to allow beef producers to gain access…
By Anne Russell. UFV has committed $750,000 toward the construction of the first stage of the new BC School of Agriculture on its Chilliwack campus at the Canada Education Park….
The Abbotsford Chamber’s Annual Agriculture Bus Tour has become a favorite event for the Fraser Valley business community. The details for this year’s tour have just been announced and it…