T:4.75” BCFGA Annual Meeting


Contributions recognized


Glen Lucas, left, general manager of the B.C. Fruit Growers’ Association presents an award to Philip Bergen, senior program officer with Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, who accepted on behalf of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.


Fred Steele, president of the BCFGA, presents a life membership award to research scientist Frank Kappel, recently retired as head of the cherry breeding program at the Pacific Agri-food Research Centre and appointed last fall to the board of the Summerland Varieties Corporation.


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A life membership was presented to Norm Looney, retired fruit crop research scientist and manager from the Pacific Agri-food Research Centre recently appointed to the board of the Summerland Varieties Corporation.


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