The City of Kelowna is looking forward to their agricultural future, thanks to their newly updated ag plan. After an 18-month planning process and extensive consultation with both industry and residents, the city’s sustainability coordinator, Tracy Guidi is…

When the City of Kamloops completed its first Agricultural Area Plan in 2013, there was an abundance of action items that lay before it. One of the most pressing was the development of an Agriculture Water Demand Model…

Before embarking on something new, you must first determine where you are. Marketers use surveys; community planners use land use inventories. When local governments need to make land use decisions, they go to their Official Community Plan (OCP)…

Lillooet was once the tomato capital. Today, ranching and forage crops dominate the local agricultural scene and the community is taking a closer look at agriculture’s future. Last fall, the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District adopted an agricultural plan for…

The completion of an agricultural area plan by the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) could be the beginning of an agricultural revival in the region. The main impetus for the plan stems from a regional sustainability plan approved…

When the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) started the process of developing an agricultural area plan, one of the major challenges was getting an accurate picture of what was being farmed and where. Situated in the southeast…

In 2010, when the City of Kamloops adopted their Sustainable Kamloops Plan, one of the top priorities for the community was agriculture. The people wanted a better understanding of where agricultural land was in their community, how it…

Increasing public awareness about food and farming on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands has translated into two recently completed Agricultural Area Plans. The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) adopted its agricultural area plan in October 2012, and…

Agriculture generates one out of every five jobs in Abbotsford and has a direct economic impact of $1.8 billion annually. With that many eggs in one basket, the City of Abbotsford wanted to develop an agriculture strategy to…