By Cara Abrahams, Andy and Cara Abrahams weren’t born into farming families, but it’s their work of choice. Starting full-time vegetable farming in 2010, the couple and their two children,…
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…
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…
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 Kelsey Johnson and BJ Siekierski. How the signed-in-principle trade pact affects drug costs, the auto biz, cheese, and more. The EU and Canada’s trade deal is a moveable feast….
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 Mike Archer. Before dragging ourselves through another fight over the use of propane cannons to protect berry crops let’s remove some of the politicking. Let’s forget who made what…