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Agriculture
Okanagan dairy farmers dumping milk, struggling to find processors
B.C. dairy farmers are working against time to get milk to processors to meet market…
B.C. Interior cattle ranchers grappling with feed shortages
The summer’s floods, wildfires and extreme heat has meant a shortage of feed for cattle…
Failing to flower: B.C.’s promise as a craft cannabis hot spot still stunted
British Columbia has been a mecca for cannabis enthusiasts and growers long before the product…
Look out Sun-Rype, here comes Okanagan College’s Unusually Good Food Co.
A group of Okanagan College students have launched a project that echoes the creation of…
‘Day of reckoning’ coming for Kootenay cannabis growers as pressures mount
Efforts to build a legal cannabis economy in the West Kootenay are faltering, and the…
B.C. researcher discovers new fungi to combat disease threatening vineyards, orchards
Talk about a fun guy – Dawson Creek-born Jinx Pollard-Flamand has discovered two species of…
Monstrous 100-pound melons once grew in the Okanagan, what happened to them?
Colourless, tasteless, 100-pound zucca melons once dotted the landscape of the South Okanagan, the only…
New plans for Tranquille Sanitorium farmland on Kamloops Lake include vineyards and winery
The Tranquille Sanitorium property just west of Kamloops may appear abandoned, but plans for the…
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,…
Sip wine and enjoy the view in this South Okanagan winery’s beautiful garden
An Oliver winery is adapting its outdoor experience past the pandemic, offering picturesque views of…
Kelowna gardener shows off massive cauliflower crop
Check out this crop. Franz Huber’s cauliflowers grew exceptionally well this year — these heads…
Grape stomp made famous by Rick Mercer returning to South Okanagan
An entertaining event where people turn grapes into juice with their feet will return after…
Kamloops farmers’ market packed with supporters
As people are itching to return to the outdoors following pandemic restrictions, the Kamloops Regional…
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…
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…