by Aubrey Grace | Sep 27, 2024 | Farming
Proposed New Tax Laws Could Shape the Future of Farmland in British Columbia At the 2024 Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) Convention, significant steps were taken toward reshaping the way farmland in British Columbia is taxed. Two out of three proposals from Pitt...
by Aubrey Grace | Sep 18, 2022 | Farming
As changes in climate makes established producing regions, such as California, more expensive, farmers are turning their attention north. As major drought and water shortages persist to wreak havoc on California’s, the country’s largest agricultural state,...
by Aubrey Grace | Aug 23, 2022 | Farming
A mysterious new problem threatens the blueberry industry in BC: visibly diseased plants test negative for unknown causes. With each season, more and more blueberry bushes are affected. Researchers involved in a two-year project funded by Genome British Columbia...
by Aubrey Grace | Aug 9, 2022 | Farming
In 2016, major Canadian grocery retailers declared that they will no longer sell caged eggs by 2025. Today, more than 20 million chickens are kept in cages. You don’t have to be an animal lover to remember that a series of undercover reports in the 2010s exposed...
by Aubrey Grace | Jun 28, 2022 | Farming
The contemporary vending machine at the Berry Bounty Farms on Chilliwack Central Road is housed in a separate structure at the front of the property, which is very visible to passersby. A post shared by Berry Bounty Farms (@berrybountyfarms) The...
by Aubrey Grace | Jun 22, 2022 | Farming
Before asphalt is paved over and warehouses are built, a farmers’ association is urging the government to rectify this issue and have launched a petition concerned citizens to sign. More than a fourth of the potatoes, carrots, cabbage, and squash available in...
