Poultry Production Goes Paperless
The first of its kind in Canadian poultry production, the BC Chicken Marketing Board’s new Grower Dashboard is pioneering how BC poultry farms are managed. [...]
Protecting the Future of Food & Farmland in Kelowna
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 [...]
Biopod Paves Way for Greenhouse Innovation
There’s been a lot of buzz over the Surrey BioPod Project recently and with good reason—the joint initiative between the University of Fraser Valley (UFV), [...]
A Homegrown Solution for BC Hop Growers
As hop growers the world over know, a successful harvest demands a delicate balancing act. With hop cones containing close to 84 percent moisture at [...]
BC Sales Soar for Big Mountain Foods
After wrapping up a year-long local marketing campaign across BC, Big Mountain Foods (BMF) was able to ring in the New Year with record demand [...]
Agri-Food Futures Fund: One Fund, Seven Million in Project Funding
There’s still $7 million in project funding available to BC’s agriculture and agri-food industry through the Agri-Food Futures Fund (AFFF)! Often the unsung hero of [...]
Dairy Farmers Find Multiple Benefits with Robotic Milking
For dairy farmers across Canada, Automated Milking Systems (AMS) represent an increasingly compelling alternative that can help reduce labour costs while increasing milking frequency. Although [...]
Big D’S Sees Big Returns
The pumpkins are coming! And Daniel and Justine Ludwig, owners of Big D’s Bees Honey, couldn’t be more excited about this season’s Pumpkin Fest at [...]
New BMP Means Bright Future for BC Berries
For blueberry growers in BC, there are few varieties that present as many opportunities as ‘Draper.’ Boasting superior size, texture, and flavour, this highbush blueberry [...]
20 Years & Still Growing
2016 marked a significant milestone for BC agriculture and IAF, as we celebrated our 20th anniversary in Abbotsford last April. Along with industry and government, IAF [...]
Export Sales Soar for Tartine Tarts
Geraldine Pelletier is looking forward to an exceptional year for her Vancouver company, Tartine Tarts. After persistent efforts to tap into the international market, the [...]
New Technology Sheds New Light on BC Crops
While a love of local has come to define BC culture, not all British Columbians can fully embrace the locavore movement. With limited sunlight in [...]
