News Items tag as: BCFGA

Demand for foreign farm workers in Okanagan expected to increase
January 20, 2021 - 11:00 AM

B.C.'s contingent of temporary foreign workers are starting to return to area farms, and this year there are plans in place to ensure that their arrival will be safer.
Okanagan apple industry expecting shortage of pickers
September 08, 2020 - 6:40 AM

With fewer workers arriving through the seasonal agricultural worker program, the apple industry is bracing for an impact.
'Desperate for workers': Okanagan and Creston cherry and apple farms need help
August 08, 2020 - 11:31 AM

Okanagan and Creston cherry and apple farms are abandoning crops due to a lack of workers, the BC Fruit Growers Association said in a press release issued Friday, Aug. 7.
Okanagan farmers defend treatment of migrant workers under COVID-19
August 04, 2020 - 7:00 AM

The firing of two Mexican workers in West Kelowna for, allegedly, talking to a worker’s rights advocate, has the Okanagan farming community on the defensive.
Okanagan fruit growers need locals to help bring in the harvest
June 16, 2020 - 5:00 PM

The good news for Okanagan fruit growers struggling to find labour, is the cherry crop will likely be smaller and ready for picking later this summer than it has been the past two years.
Federal COVID-19 aid for agriculture 'profoundly underwhelming': B.C. fruit growers
May 05, 2020 - 11:58 AM

The future of a safe, secure food supply is at risk, members B.C. Fruit Growers’ Association said today in response to the federal financial support package to agriculture.
Farm workers from Mexico, Quebec begin arriving in Okanagan
April 30, 2020 - 6:30 PM

Some temporary foreign workers from Mexico have finished their quarantine period in Vancouver and are heading to the Okanagan at the same time Quebecois workers wait to get into their campground near Oliver.
Foreign workers for Okanagan farms, orchards still aren't allowed to travel to Canada
March 19, 2020 - 12:45 PM

Okanagan farms and orchards were expecting big news last night and thought they got it when the federal government said it would allow temporary foreign workers to continue working in Canada, despite border closures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Okanagan farmers brace for losses as workforce banned from Canada amid COVID-19 concerns
March 18, 2020 - 6:30 AM

The Okanagan's farmers long relied upon workers from other countries to care to bring crops to market and now COVID-19 is poised to wreak havoc on that process.
How Okanagan fruit trees are weathering dramatic shifts in temperatures
February 05, 2020 - 6:30 AM

With temperatures swinging from arctic to balmy and then back to chilly again, it’s only natural concerns would arise about one of this valley’s most precious exports — fruit.
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News Items tag as: BCFGA

Demand for foreign farm workers in Okanagan expected to increase

Okanagan apple industry expecting shortage of pickers

'Desperate for workers': Okanagan and Creston cherry and apple farms need help

Okanagan farmers defend treatment of migrant workers under COVID-19

Okanagan fruit growers need locals to help bring in the harvest

Federal COVID-19 aid for agriculture 'profoundly underwhelming': B.C. fruit growers

Farm workers from Mexico, Quebec begin arriving in Okanagan

Foreign workers for Okanagan farms, orchards still aren't allowed to travel to Canada

Okanagan farmers brace for losses as workforce banned from Canada amid COVID-19 concerns

How Okanagan fruit trees are weathering dramatic shifts in temperatures

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