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Serving the tree fruit, grape
and wine industries of
British Columbia, Canada featur
IN THIS ISSUE
Published quarterly by
OMedia Communications
Publisher and Editor
Bryden Winsby 8
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es
inter 2009-10
END OF
bryden@omedia.ca
Closure of the landmark Summerland
THE LINE
packinghouse leaves uncertainty for
Horticultural Adviser
and Associate Editor
Peter Waterman
peter@omedia.ca
Contributing Editor
Judie Steeves
judie@omedia.ca
Contributors
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employees and for the future of the property.
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Pat Bowen, Tracy Clark, Lyonel
It’s time to change the way you think about
TURE’S WEED WHACKERS
Doherty, Cheryl Hampson, Eugene
bugs — the new best friends of your orchard,
Hogue, Sean Kuchta, Susan McIver,
Denise Neilsen, Gerry Neilsen, Scott
Smith, Gary Strachan, Bill Taylor,
Kevin Usher, Ray Johnson
Sales and Marketing Director
Garth Allmand
garth@omedia.ca
Advertising Sales 21
vineyard or garden.
MEETING SAFETY CHALLENGE
The Farm and Ranch Safety and Health
Mike Hamm
mike@omedia.ca
Association has a variety of programs and services
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Mailing Address
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West Kelowna, BC, Canada
V4T 2E9
Telephone (250) 768-3368 28
available to help growers reduce the risk of injury
and death.
INTERESTING
With a tough winter, hot dry summer and a chilly
TIMES INDEED
Fax (250) 768-2673
E-mail
fall now behind us, Gary Strachan discusses ome
info@omedia.ca
less-obvious ways to help protect vines from
Website
another abnormal growing season.
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MARKET WATCH 5
Meadow Vista honey wines, is confident she can overcome
Determined entrepreneur Judie Barta, founder of
ver
PETER WATERMAN 17
some regulatory glitches to market her products in B.C.
and develop a vineyard and winery in West Kelowna. See
WINEMAKER’S BOOKSHELF 29
page 6.
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