Domestic Fruit Pickers
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Farmers urge B.C. to open campgrounds for fruit pickers amid COVID-19The Ministry of Agriculture is in consultations with municipalities across the South Okanagan to establish six designated sites, but no decisions have been made as harvest gets underway.EconomyJun 24, 2020
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Fruit pickers coming to B.C. need subsidized housing to curb COVID-19 outbreak: advocateIn the coming weeks, up to 1,500 domestic farm workers, many of whom hail from Quebec, will flood into the south Okanagan.EconomyApr 27, 2020
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