Farming In British Columbia podcast

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Farm-to-Hospital & Other Support-Local Ideas 55:49

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Herein: my conversation with Liz Blakeway, Executive Director of the Land To Table Network, an Okanagan-based society seeking a more properous and interconnected regional food economy. Liz and her colleagues have advocated for institutions like universities and health authorities to devote more, or in many cases, some, food-procurement dollars to purchasing regionally-produced food. I've been skeptical of this idea and asked Liz if I could express my doubts in an interview. She kindly accepted my invitation, and met me in the studio in late March. I enjoyed our conversation. I hope you do too!…

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Extension & Data & Tariffs, Oh My 50:13

23일 전50:13

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This episode started out as an effort to learn about a PhD thesis focused on how farmers feel about data-sharing, but discovered some sidebars that were also worth sharing with you. First up: former British Columbian and perennial soil nerd Clare Sullivan on a circuitous path to an Ag-focused PhD in Greece by way of Oregon State University's extension program. Clare compares extension services in the states to what we have in here in BC, with some help from a special friend of the podcast. You can help Clare with her PhD research on farmers' willingness to share their farm data by visiting farmingbc.ca/data . I've filled out the survey...it's relatively quick! Also: in today's metaphorical middle, some BC farmers tell us what the were up to in late March, and talk a little about the impact of tariffs. Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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H5N1: Assessing & Mitigating the Risks to Poultry (Bonus Episode) 47:45

4 weeks 전47:45

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This bonus episode was produced on behalf of the Small Scale Meat Producers Associatio n with funding it received through the Farmed Animal Disease Program . The funding was delivered by the Investment Agriculture Foundation on behalf of the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food. This episode, two conversations aimed at helping us understand the risks posed by highly pathogenic H5N1. This strain of Avian Influenza has been circulating widely among wild birds in North America and over the last couple of years has had serious impacts on poultry flocks across Canada and the US. My first guest is Dr. Gigi Lin. Gigi is the Animal Welfare & Extension Emergency Management Veterinarian in the Office of the Chief Veterinarian at the BC Ministry of Agriculture & Food. She joined me specifically to talk about the H1N1 virus: what it is, how it spreads, and risk mitigation practices for farmers with outdoor flocks in BC. My other guest is Christian Alexandre of Alexandre Family Farm . Christian and his family operate a large organic dairy and pastured poultry operation in northern California. He joined me to talk about a major outbreak of avian influenza his farm experienced and how it impacted his business. A couple more useful links: BC Ministry of Agriculture webpage on Avian Influenza BC Ministry of Agriculture webpage on Premises ID…

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Checking in on the BC Food Hub Network 1:02:48

5 weeks 전1:02:48

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In 2019 BC's Ministry of Agriculture & Food launched the BC Food Hub Network , a major component of which was significant funding for new food hubs in the province. This episode, a couple of conversations with people for whom Life Is Food Hubs; the rest being Just Details. Sarah-Patricia Breen is the BC Regional Innovation Chair in Rural Economic Development at Selkirk Innovates, the applied research department of Selkirk College. Lindsay Harris and Kent Fawcett work for the Kamloops Food Policy Council ; Lindsay is their Food Policy Implementation Lead and Kent Manages a food hub called The Stir. With these guests, I'll explore how the BC Food Hub Network came to be and whether it's currently living up to its promises and potential. Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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BONUS: Are you violating The Scheme? More on the orderly marketing of veggies in BC 19:36

7 weeks 전19:36

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Herein: part of my conversation with Jerome Lenkeek, Senior Policy & Market Analyst with the BC Vegetable Marketing Commission , who gave me an interview to fill in some gaps that Lillian Pusch and I didn't cover in our conversation in episode 28. In this segment of our conversation, Jerome explains how exemptions work within BC's Vegetable Scheme, which is kind of cool name for the regulatory system that oversees the orderly marketing of veggies in BC. I really wanted to include this segment because I was a small-scale veggie producer for around ten years and for most of that time was unaware that I was bumping up against regulated production limits for certain crops. Based on what Jerome told me, I probably should have applied for a license in a couple of cases! Maybe you should too! Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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A Tariff-Adjacent Conversation About BC's Veggie Marketing Commission 59:25

7 weeks 전59:25

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My guest today is Lillian Posch, General Manager of Okanagan Grown Produce Ltd ., a veggie marketing agency located in Vernon. Marketing agencies like OGP play an important role in the orderly marketing of BC Vegetables. For those unfamiliar with the term, Orderly Marketing is the weaker yet earnest cousin of Supply Management. And in BC, it's the term we use to describe a legislated regulatory scheme that organizes the production of a whole bunch of vegetable crops. All of which is overseen by the BC Vegetable Marketing Commission. You should listen to this because a lot of our conversation is relevant to the trade war we now find ourselves in. And because Lillian is a delight to listen to. Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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Setting the Peace on Fire on Purpose 49:22

9 weeks 전49:22

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Today on the show, a tip from a listener takes me up to Northern BC, where some farmers and their co-conspirators are playing with fire! My guest is rangeland agrologist Nadia Mori, the coordinator of the Peace River Forage Association . She joined me to talk about her role as the coordinator of the Peace River Forage Association and a couple of its current projects. One explores the potential benefits of prescribed burning of pasture lands; the other gives farmers the tools and knowledge to fight wildfires on the farm. Nadia's media production company is called Fairfield Productions Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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Farmers Appraise their Farmers Markets 1:05:45

11 weeks 전1:05:45

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Today on the podcast, a return to a topic that, if download numbers are any indication, many of you are interested in. Way back in episode six of the show I released an episode I titled The Current State of BC’s Farmers Markets . It featured an interview with the board chair of the BC Association of Farmers Markets. And Wylie and I did talk about the state of BC’s Farmer’s Markets in that episode, but given its popularity in my podcast feed, I decided I’d like to take another crack at this subject, only ideally, this time around I’d talk about farmers markets with the farmers who attend them. I wanted to ask them how it’s going, what the vibe at their market is like, and whether they’re committed to their farmers’ market for the long haul. Over the last week, I spoke with six farmers from around the province, and you’re about to hear from all of them. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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A Minister's Mandate (Or: Lana's Letter) 40:44

13 weeks 전40:44

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Today on the show, BC’s recently re-elected premier David Eby finally issued mandate letters for his new cabinet, so I asked a politically-minded farmer to join me to talk about what’s contained in the one for our brand new but also returning Minister of Agriculture and Food, Lana Popham. We reference the BC Ag Council's Strategic Priorities released during the last BC election. Here's that document. Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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BONUS: GAP Certification: A Barrier & an Opportunity 36:37

14 weeks 전36:37

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Hey everyone! This is Jordan with some bonus listening for you. As you may know, I’m the producer and host of The Organic BC Podcast, and over there, I’ve been busy producing a miniseries about whether GAP certification is a viable option for small-scale farmers who want to gain, preserve, or expand access to wholesale marketing channels. You’re about to hear episode one of that series, exactly as it dropped on The Organic BC podcast feed. If you like it, you can go find the organic BC podcast and listen to episode two right now, and episodes three through five will drop over the next few weeks. One quick additional note is that I produced this series about GAP certification under a paid contract, but I was not paid to cross-post what you’re about to hear on my other two podcasts, Farming in British Columbia and The Ruminant. I’m posting episode one of the series here because I think it’s good and because the topic is relevant to a lot of my listeners.…

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The Queen Bee (Breeder) of Spallumcheen 33:49

15 weeks 전33:49

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This episode, Emily Huxter of Wild Antho (and also episode one of this podcast) is back. The first time around, I had too much good tape to work with so I omitted this chunk of our conversation, which is about the practice and business of breeding & selling queen bees. I learned a lot about bee love-making, and now you will, too. Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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Emergent Ag Pests and How We Repond 51:37

19 weeks 전51:37

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In this episode, I hope to give you a sense of how our agricultural community responds to emergent agricultural pests, with a focus on the activities of BC’s Ministry of agriculture. Later on in the episode, you’re going to hear a conversation I just recorded with Susanna Acheompong, an extension entomologist with the BC Ministry of Agriculture based in Kelowna. Susanna spends a lot of her time focused on the detection, monitoring, impact, and management of emergent agricultural pests in the southern interior, and she joined me to give us an update about two pests in particular: the western yellow striped armyworm and the western corn rootworm. My interest in this topic began when I found an emergent pest on my farm in Armstrong. I had recently read a bulletin about the detection of the western corn rootworm in the North Okanagan, and lo and behold, I found a couple of specimens in my own corn crop that October. I reported my discovery to BC Ministry of Ag Extension Agrologist Susanna Acheampong (Susanna.Acheampong@gov.bc.ca), and that led to sitting down for a couple of interviews with her, a year apart. BC Ministry of Ag Bulletin on Western Yellowstriped Armyworm BC Ministry of Ag Bulletin on Western Corn Rootworm Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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An Argument For Cleaning While You Cook 16:45

21 weeks 전16:45

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This episode features a score called Italian Opera by Steve Oxen with an open source license. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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Why don't BC's farmers cooperate more? 55:56

23 weeks 전55:56

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This episode: when my guest was an urban farmer in Vancouver in the 2010s, she co-founded a marketing co-operative with her colleagues to streamline her produce sales. Intrigued by the problem-solving potential of cooperative business structures, she went on to obtain her Masters degree--and then her PhD--studying farming cooperatives in Japan. Emi Do currently works for Young Agrarians as its co-op coordinator . She joined me for a conversation about growing produce in Vancouver backyards, her studies of Japan's food system, and why co-ops are much less common in BC's food system. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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Accessing Farmland When It's Too Damned Expensive 1:00:43

26 weeks 전1:00:43

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This episode, a couple of conversations inspired by an invitation I received to moderate a panel on Farmland Accessibility at the Columbia Basin Food & Buyers Expo in Nakusp later this week. In this episode, you’re going to hear from two of the three panelists who’ll be joining me in Nakusp to talk about innovative strategies for accessing farmland. Much of BC’s farmland is the most expensive in Canada by a longshot, and thus the outright purchase of land for farming is prohibitive for many people with aspirations to start a farm or expand the one they already have. Guest #1: Colin Dring , Researcher, Royal Rhodes University Guest #2: Darcy Smith , BC Program Manager with Young AgrariansI If you’re going to be at the Columbia Basin Food and Buyers Summit October 24-26th and plan to attend this panel discussion, there will be a lengthy Q&A, so please bring any questions with you that the interviews you’re about to hear might inspire. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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The Green Party's Vision for Ag in BC 56:29

28 weeks 전56:29

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This ep: FARMERS VOTE 2024! I invited the three major parties to provide a 2024 BC Election candidate to talk to me about agricultural policy; herein, a conversation with the BC Green Party's candidate for Courtenay-Comox, Arzeena Hamir , about the party's vision for Agriculture in BC. Teaser: they'd manage water differently and consider a Basic Income Guarantee for qualified farmers. After that, a quick rebuttal from the conservatives and ndp. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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Sisters-in-Laudable Farming Careers: Dairy & Veggies in Mara 56:07

30 weeks 전56:07

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This ep: A long-ranging coversation with four owners of two farms that sit side-by-side in Mara: Louise Bruns and her husband, Hermann, own Wild Flight Veggie Farm . Across the road is Hamberlin Holsteins, owned by Daniela Bruns and her husband, Quentin. Daniela, Louise, Quentin and Hermann sat down with me to talk about how each operation came to be, how their upbringings influenced the farms they would eventually run, intergenerational conflict over competing farming philosophies, and a lot more. Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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BONUS: BCTF situation was dire for many years, argues my guest 40:43

33 weeks 전40:43

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In this bonus episode of the podcast, farmer, co-op expert and newly minted University of the Fraser Valley faculty member Chris Bodnar describes a BC Tree Fruits Cooperative that was beset with internal problems in the years leading up to BCTF's recent, sudden closure in late July. Chris published a piece on Linkedin that delves deeper than we do. It's good. Read it here.…

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How's Your Season Going? 1:05:18

33 weeks 전1:05:18

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In which I cold-call a bunch of farmers to learn how everyone's doing this year. Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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BONUS: The Apple Sector Leading up to BCTF Closure 29:17

35 weeks 전29:17

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As promised last episodes, here are snippets of a few interviews I conducted a couple of years ago that provide some extra insight into the BC Tree Fruits Closure that has just thrown a wrenth into the gears of this year's apple harvest.

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BCTF Closure...it's rough 47:13

35 weeks 전47:13

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The BC Tree Fruits Co-Op announced it's immediate closure on July 25th. This shocked the apple sector, and hit the co-op's 300+ members pretty hard. Herein: a summary of the story so far, and an interview with a co-op member who's super pissed about this. She explains why the closure is such a big deal in terms of the impact it will have on apple growers for this year's harvest. Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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The Burkholders Bros: Sweet Corn in Chase 59:32

37 weeks 전59:32

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This time on the podcast, a conversation with Vincent and Lewis Burkholder, a pair of brothers who worked summers for the local sweet corn baron as teenagers and ended up taking over his operation, sort of. I'm referring, of course, to The Burkholder Bros Corn Farm, a business that thwarted my effort to nab the URL I wanted in order to promote a new sport I invented where contestants race to try to catch an ear of corn dangled on a stick mounted to a 2009 Honda Fit. I was interested to talk to Vincent and Lewis because of their reputation for innovative approaches to the planting, cultivation, and harvesting of sweet corn. We talk about that, how they were forced to pivot from a tried and true sales model in their first year of production because of a crown-shaped virus, why they’re okay with a grizzly bear taking up residence in the corn patch, and a bunch more. Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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BONUS: Another perspective on the agrologist regulation 30:05

37 weeks 전30:05

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In episode 13, which focused on how agrologists are regulated in BC, I teased the possibility of sharing an interview with someone who has been affected by the regulation that grants exclusivity over the practice of agrology in BC to registered agrologists. Here's that interiew, but you'll get a lot more out of it by first listening to episode 13. My guest for this episode is Leanne Smith of Fencefast.…

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You should care about how BC defines 'agrology' 52:59

39 weeks 전52:59

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This episode: Jane Kerner, interim CEO of the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists , joins me to discuss recent updates to how professional agrologists are regulated in BC, the definition of agrology contained in that regulation, and what the exclusivity granted to agrologists in BC to offer agricultural advice means for farmers and other farming professionals who want to provide advice without a professional agrologist designation. My contention is that the definition of agrology in the regulation is too broad. Jane disagrees! And we had a fulsome debate I think you'll enjoy. If you want to understand the regulations governing agrology in BC, this PDF from the BCIA website goes into much more detail than Jane and I do. Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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Andrew Vogler: Farming with Bookends in Chilliwack 54:29

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This episode: Andrew Vogler on fifteen years as a mixed veggie grower in the Fraser Valley, and why he and his business partner decided to wind down a farm operation that was succeeding. Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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This episode: you'll hear from two brothers who farm next door to one another who fight about which weather forecast is better: Environment Canada or The Weather Network. Then: a meteorlogist from each agency joins me to explain how and why forecasts from different agencies come to different conclusions about whether it's going to rain on while you're haying. Thanks to Quentin Bruns for inspiring this episode; to Herman Bruns for hosting me for an interview; to Doug Gillham from The Weather Network and Armel Castellan from Environment Canada; and to my wife, Vanessa, who made the intro/outro music for the podcast. Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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Former ALC Chair Richard Bullock on the ALR & Sixty Years in Farming 1:04:24

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This episode, my conversation with Richard Bullock, a past Chair of the Agricultural Land Commission. Richard joined me to talk about a life in farming and why chairing the ALC was the hardest job he took on in sixty five years as a farmer. The ALC's Annual Report is a good way to learn the fundamentals about the ALC/ALR if you're into that sort of thing. Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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Heritage Pig Breeding Around BC 43:59

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This episode we’re taking a look at small scale pork production in BC, and specifically, a few farrowing operations around the province. Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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West Enderby Farm: Carrots in the North Okanagan 52:48

49 weeks 전52:48

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This episode, a conversation with farmer Paddy Doherty of West Enderby Farm. Paddy and his partner Elaine retired last year, but for close to fifteen years they grew organic carrots and a couple other crops in the North Okanagan. Paddy and Elaine's reputation as solid farmers would have been enough to fill a whole interview, but there was a lot more I wanted to ask him about. He's a bit of a legend in BC's organic farming community, having played a pivotal role in some key moments of evolution of the organic farming sector. And before he and Elaine bought West Enderby Farm late in their careers, Paddy spent a few decades living and working on a couple of cooperative farms around Quesnel. He's also a wizard with old tractors, which have benefitted some of his colleagues as he's thinned out his fleet in retirement. A longer version of this conversation has been published before, over at The Organic BC Podcast. Go browse that catalog! There's lots there. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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How BC Drought Managers Make Tough Water Allocation Decisions 39:39

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This episode returns to the subject of drought and how the government manages water scarcity. This time: an interview with Nicole Pyett, a hydrogeologist and Water Resources Section Head, Authorizations for the Thompson Okanagan region with BC's Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship. Scroll down to find a bunch of resources NIcole mentions in our conversation. I asked Nicole to join me to talk about some of the science and date behind how she and her colleagues make decisions about how to allocate water during drought. Last year, water levels in the Salmon River and some of its tributaries dropped so low that officials from BC's Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship were required by law to take actions to protect spawning fish populations there. What began as a request for voluntary irrigation reductions quickly escalated to outright irrigation curtailment orders for some of the area's forage producers. These farmers were, and are, frustrated by what happened. They've argued that the connection between the deep aquifers they tap and surface water levels is very weak, or non-existent. In other words, if you force them to stop irrigating it's not going help the fish. Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship hydrogeologists disagree. And at a community meeting they hosted in Westwold on February 27th, they told the farmers in attendance that they had the data on hand to demonstrate the curtailments improved the situation for spawning fish. Only they never got to share their data, because the conversation in the room kept going in various directions. That's why I invited NIcole to talk to me: so that I could ask her to explain the connection between surface water and ground water. After our conversation, Nicole sent me a very helpful summary of some of the resources she talked about. Here it is: Water Science Series reports released by the Province of British Columbia Determining the Likelihood of Hydraulic Connection - Guidance for Determining the Effect of Diversion of Groundwater on Specific Streams Screening Tool for Guiding Short-Term Groundwater Curtailment during Water Scarcity United States Geological Survey (USGS) report Streamflow Depletion by Wells - Understanding and Managing the Effects of Groundwater Pumping on Streamflow Links to numerous other materials and documents including the British Columbia Drought and Water Scarcity Response Plan are available through the Provincial drought webpage . Questions and comments regarding water management in the Thompson Okanagan Region can be sent to local staff through WaterResources@gov.bc.ca . Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship…

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