BC Fruit Growers'

• Concerns from Okanagan fruit farmers understood: province

  Okanagan farmers are less than positive about their prospects after a cold snap destroyed crops and they're calling for governmental support to help them carry on. 

  Canada

  Feb 23
  
• BC Tree Fruits officially break ground for controversial expansion

  Local officials gathered Wednesday morning to break ground for the expansion of a BC Tree Fruits facility.

  Consumer

  Jul 5, 2023
  
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• Optimistic outlook for 2023 apple, pear, cherry crops: B.C. Fruit Growers Association

  ‘Apples and pears appear to have not suffered too much damage and we will likely have a normal harvest this year.’

  Canada

  Apr 28, 2023
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• Summerland, B.C., orchardist bolsters on-site picker facilities to combat COVID-19

  Up to 1,500 migrant workers travel to the South Okanagan from Quebec every harvest season-- a province hit hard by the coronavirus with more than 55,000 confirmed cases.

  Jul 7, 2020
• Coronavirus: B.C. says it will oversee quarantine of temporary foreign workers

  The provincial government says it will be responsible for quarantining new foreign workers who intend to work in B.C.

  Apr 14, 2020
• U.S. fruit producers likely won’t start dumping produce on Canada amid China tariffs: B.C. growers

  B.C. produces one of the country's biggest fruit harvests.

  Apr 3, 2018
• Controversial new rules for farm worker housing

  The City of Kelowna is proposing new rules for temporary farm worker housing that would mean more public scrutiny when the accommodations are for larger farms.

  Apr 11, 2017