Urban Agriculture
Farmers not backing down on Kamloops irrigation shutdown
Westsyde Kamloops farmers were told their city-run irrigation would be shut off by the end…
Kamloops council to tackle chickens at April workshop
KAMLOOPS – Chickens will once again be on city council’s plate at an April meeting.…
Council prepares to dig into urban ag plan
KAMLOOPS – How would you like to have chickens for neighbours? That is one of the questions city councillors will discuss when they meet Tuesday morning to discuss the draft food and urban agricultural plan, a 66-page document outlining a food systems and urban agriculture plan for the city. The preliminary groundwork has been done,...
Urban Agriculture group closing garden gates
PENTICTON — Volunteers are closing their garden's gates because city council, under false pretences, shot down a licence renewal. The Penticton Urban Agriculture Association will be selling and giving away their gardening tools, boxes, compost and soil this saturday. The association’s board of directors decided to vacate the garden by June 30, the end of...