Our Annual General Meeting will be held Tuesday, April 19th at 7:00 pm in the RDKB meeting room. You will be able to renew your membership for the 2011-12 year at this time. We are also looking for new directors, so if you would like to make a difference in agriculture, this is your chance! We look …
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Call for Farmer Testimonials on GM Alfalfa
What would GM alfalfa mean to you? Deadline: March 31, 2011 About CBAN: The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) is coordinating a campaign with farmer and organic sector groups to stop genetically modified (GM) alfalfa. For information and updates please contact us or visit http://www.cban.ca/alfalfa CBAN Members are: ACT for the Earth (Toronto), Biofreedom (Edmonton), Canadian …
Kettle Valley Food Co-op Producers’ Meeting
The Kettle Valley Food Co-op (KVFC) invites you to attend our Producers’ Meeting. Date: March 24 Time: 7 pm Where: Selkirk College This meeting aims to bring together KVFC Producer Members as well as local producers, who are not currently members, to discuss the upcoming growing season. We hope to gain insight into what farmers …
Seedy Saturday
The Boundary Seed Bank with support from BOPA will be holding a seed exchange on Saturday March 26 from 2 – 5:30pm at the Anglican Church in Grand Forks. For more information call (250) 443-4989 or email boundaryseedbank [at] gmail.com
Beyond Food Miles
Choosing local food is one way to reduce food system energy use; but even more effective ways include: 1. Choosing whole foods over processed foods; 2. Getting a small, energy-efficient refrigerator and getting rid of extra refrigerators; 3. Replacing animal products with grain and vegetable-based proteins; 4. Drinking tap water instead of processed beverages; 5. …
Boundary Agricultural Plan Unveiled
Mona Mattei – Boundary Sentinel Many of the people who attended the unveiling of the draft agricultural plan for the Boundary region were not convinced that the big picture direction provided by the author of the plan, James Calissi, is enough. The regional agriculture plan was unveiled last week as the consultant opened the draft …
New farm standard hopes to tap demand for local
Colleen Kimmett – The Tyee An Ontario non-profit called Local Food Plus (LFP) is creating a new standard for B.C. farmers who don’t want to be labeled either ‘organic’ or ‘conventional’. LFP developed a “local sustainable” label for farmers in southern Ontario. It’s based on integrated pest management practices, which allows the use of certain pesticides …
Flooded farmers desperate for supplies
Colleen Kimmett – The Tyee Farm animals in Bella Coola are at risk of starving to death after recent floods washed away or soaked tonnes of stored winter feed and hay, says Dayna Chapman of the Bella Coola Valley Sustainable Agricultural Society. Chapman issued an appeal on behalf of the town’s farmers, asking for financial …
Five dangers to global crops that could dramatically reduce the world food supply.
The world food situation is starting to get very, very tight. Unprecedented heat and wildfires this summer in Russia and horrific flooding in Pakistan and China have been some of the primary reasons for the rapidly rising food prices we are now seeing around the globe. In places such as Australia and the African nation of Guinea-Bissau, …
VIDEO: A Disappearing Lifestyle? Small-scale Farming in BC.
Hello, This video was sent to the Minister of Healthy Living and Sport, the Minister of Agriculture and Lands, and the Premier of BC, and has been seen by the MLA for Vernon-Monashee in mid September 2010. The video, made in the North Okanagan, tells the story of the unique needs of the small-scale farmer and presents the …
