News Items tag as: Okanagan farms

iN PHOTOS: Five affordable petting zoos to visit in Kamloops, Okanagan
July 30, 2025 - 4:00 AM

For families looking for something to add to their summer bucket lists, there are several petting zoos scattered throughout the Kamloops area and Okanagan to visit.
Up to 80% of Okanagan peach crop wiped out by winter cold snap
February 16, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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The cold snap in the southern Interior earlier this winter wiped out roughly three-quarters of stone fruits like peaches, apricots, plums and nectarines.
Where to get your fresh local produce delivered in the Okanagan
May 11, 2020 - 6:30 AM
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Fruits and vegetables are ripe for the picking all over the Okanagan. However, with the current COVID-19 pandemic, leaving your home to brave the local grocery store or farmers' market may be more of a hassle.
CLOSER TO HOME: Kamloops, Okanagan turn to small farms for locally-sourced food
April 16, 2020 - 12:00 PM
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Fresh, local food producers in the Okanagan are seeing what appears to be a COVID-19 induced spike in demand for their products.
Why locals aren't working in Okanagan agriculture
April 18, 2017 - 8:00 PM

KELOWNA - During the summer months, Okanagan farms and orchards attract workers from around the world and around the country, but often, strangely, that doesn't include locals.
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iN DISCUSSION: How we like them apples
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories, letters to the editor and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week. They may have been edited slightly for readability.

New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Okanagan appraisal firm wins trademark dispute with rival company
An Okanagan real estate appraisal company has won the right to trademark its name despite opposition from a rival firm. According to an Aug. 6 Canadian Intellectual Property Office decision, Okanagan Appraisals had been granted the right to

iN PHOTOS: Five affordable petting zoos to visit in Kamloops, Okanagan