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 [...]
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 [...]
To most people, an agricultural fair is exhibits of baking & canning, livestock competitions and midway rides. But for over a century, they have served [...]
In 2011, BC cranberry growers celebrated the groundbreaking of a new cranberry research farm that promised to help return a competitive edge to an industry. [...]
Industrial activity is expanding across the BC Peace region, creating a growing demand for specialized services to restore the land to productivity after development. Companies [...]
Reducing cooling costs, mitigating storm water run-off and absorbing carbon are just some reasons why more businesses are setting up green roofs. With local governments [...]
Traditional sake maker Masa Shiroki had a dream. When he started Artisan SakeMaker on Granville Island in 2007, he was the first to produce premium [...]
Beekeepers on Vancouver Island and beyond may find their colonies survive the winter better and have fewer diseases and pests, thanks to a demonstration project [...]
“The Saskatraz project has been very successful at breeding [honeybees] for increased honey production, wintering ability, tracheal mite and chalk brood resistance. Our stock demonstrates [...]
Consumer cravings for healthy, convenient products have recently given lamb unprecedented popularity within Canada. Despite this demand, the Canadian lamb producers’ share of its own market [...]
Silver scurf is a major concern for potato growers in the Lower Mainland. The fungus infects potatoes before harvest, and once they are harvested and [...]
Some projects have a reach that goes far beyond the agriculture sector. Reducing greenhouse gases and increasing BC’s production of renewable energy is important to [...]
In 2004, the BC nursery industry was severely impacted when a plant disease called Phytophthora ramorum (or Sudden Oak Death) was found in plants shipped into BC, [...]