BC Gov News

Local residents love fresh, locally grown and produced flavours of agrifoods from Vancouver Island such as the diverse products from Victoria’s Canadian Artisan Foods, North Saanich's Snowdon House Gourmet & Gifts and Sooke’s Tugwell Creek Honey Farm and Meadery.

British Columbia’s new Fish and Seafood Act and associated regulations are more responsive to the modern-day business environment for the B.C. seafood sector and reduces red tape, while supporting sustainability.

More than 35 experts from around North America will be in Kelowna to share their knowledge and opinions about increasing food supply security as part of the Nov. 14-15, 2016, BC Agrifood and Seafood Conference: Growing the Future Together.

Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick has issued the following statement congratulating the governments of Canada and Hong Kong on lifting the raw oyster import ban from Vancouver Island:

The governments of Canada and British Columbia are providing up to $1.6 million over two years to support B.C.’s agrifood producers’ efforts to enhance on-farm food safety practices and meet emerging national and international food-safety traceability requirements.

The governments of Canada and British Columbia announced changes to the AgriInsurance - Production Insurance program that will help B.C. tree-fruit growers manage the risk of crop losses by hail, spring frost, excessive rain, flooding, drought and wind.