Fruit Growers

• Questions aplenty from orchardists following sudden closure of BC Tree Fruits

  One Okanagan farmer thinks that in the wake of Friday’s news regarding BC Tree Fruits that ‘there’s going to be a shift in the industry.’

  Canada

  Jul 27, 2024
  
• Frustrated Okanagan orchardists seek answers from BC Tree Fruits

  One orchardist claims BC Tree Fruits promised to pay 40 cents a pound, but is instead paying 13 cents a pound.

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2024
  
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• Okanagan growers protest against their own cooperative, demanding transparency

  The protesters are demanding more transparency and accountability from their own cooperative.

  Canada

  May 29, 2024
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• ‘What do I do?’: B.C. fruit growers say they face bleak future without more government help

  'That's a question I always have for the government ... what do you want me to do if you guys don't want to support us? What do I do?'

  Economy

  Feb 22, 2024
• Okanagan farmer says spring-run off should be used to prepare for drought

  Okanagan orchardist Al Gatzke believes that better water management measures are needed to help local growers get through droughts.

  Canada

  Feb 22, 2024
• B.C. cherry growers predict tough 2024 in wake of damaging polar vortex

  The B.C. Cherry Association says when temperatures quickly went from mild to extremely cold, cherry trees couldn’t acclimate fast enough.

  Canada

  Feb 12, 2024
• 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
• Nova Scotia wine industry worries about future as special price policy gets scrapped

  They're calling for answers, saying that losing the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation’s (NSLC) Emerging Wine Regions Policy will have steep financial consequences.

  Canada

  Apr 5, 2023
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• BC Tree Fruits members vote on board’s future after facilities controversy

  Members of the BC Tree Fruits cooperative voted in a closed-door meeting Tuesday, but no special resolutions, including one that could have unseated the current board, passed.  

  Canada

  Nov 22, 2022
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• Fruit growers fuming after Summerland shuts off irrigation amid historic heat wave

  'They just shut our water off on the hottest day in a thousand years,' a Summerland, B.C., orchardist told Global News.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2021