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Recovery funds available for B.C. ranchers and farmers
B.C.’s ranchers can access up to $20 million to help with extraordinary expenses they incur for feed, shelter, animal health and safety, and the transportation…
B.C. increasing housing flexibility in the ALR
New rules will allow property owners in British Columbia’s Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) increased housing flexibility. Options for an additional small secondary homes have been…
Agritech Grant program accepting applications
Applications for the new Agritech Grant program are being accepted. The $3-million grant program is part of StrongerBC, B.C.’s Economic Recovery Plan. Agritech is the…
Minimum income requirements waived for farmers
The Government of British Columbia has announced it is waiving minimum income requirements for existing B.C. farm operations, allowing them to maintain their current property…
Cannabis boosts record 2019 farm sales
While the COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges for farmers this year, farm-sales numbers from 2019 show that there is a solid foundation in place to…
ALC Act updates aimed to help farmers
Updates to Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) Act regulations will make it more affordable for multi-generational farmers on the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) to apply to…
Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program funds topped up
The provincial government announced June 5 that it is providing approximately $1.88 million in funding to the BC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program. The funds were…
Funding to help farmers, processors move online
Due to high demand from B.C. farmers and food companies, additional funding has been added to support more of the Buy BC e-commerce applications that…
Restaurants allowed to deliver liquor with food
In order to reinforce social distancing orders and help support workers in the restaurant industry, government is making changes to temporarily allow restaurants to deliver…