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Agriculture
Grapes tainted by smoke is real for Okanagan wineries but a solution offers hope
The question comes up for local wineries during every bad wildfire season but few winemakers…
Kelowna Farmers’ Market weathers negative public feedback with physical distancing protocols
The Kelowna Farmers' and Crafters' Market opened two weeks ago outside the Parkinson Recreation Centre…
Federal COVID-19 aid for agriculture ‘profoundly underwhelming’: B.C. fruit growers
The future of a safe, secure food supply is at risk, members B.C. Fruit Growers’…
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…
Summerland turns portion of municipal campground into temporary agricultural worker accommodation
A portion of Summerland’s Peach Orchard Municipal Campground will be converted into accommodations for seasonal…
Matriarch of West Kelowna farm family dies at 100
The matriarch of the Paynter's Fruit Market family in West Kelowna has died at the…
‘Desperate for workers’: Okanagan and Creston cherry and apple farms need help
Okanagan and Creston cherry and apple farms are abandoning crops due to a lack of…
Spring flooding forced this Kelowna woman to get creative with her Curly Frog Farm
When Brenda Dureault bought a 26-acre hayfield from her father 20 years ago it was…
Port Alberni family honoured for 100 years of farming
A Port Alberni family is being honoured after working on their farm for four generations.…
Okanagan apple industry expecting shortage of pickers
With fewer workers arriving through the seasonal agricultural worker program, the apple industry is bracing…
Labour shortage, smoke causing delay in Okanagan apple harvest
With a smoky blanket covering the Okanagan for the last week, the Okanagan apple harvest…
Record sales reported in 2019 for B.C. wineries
B.C. is reporting a record number of sales last year for the province's food and…
Essential Okanagan farm workers should have the same rights as citizens: activist group
Despite being called temporary foreign workers, the thousands of people who are essential to getting…
One complaint forces Lake Country orchardist to dismantle fruit stand
A Lake Country orchardist who has been using a location along Highway 97 for years…
Lake Country orchardist not pleased competitor’s complaint forced closure of fruit stand
A Lake Country orchardist is questioning the nature of a complaint that led to the…