industry plays a vital role in keeping our economy strong and creating jobs.”
This is the fourth such research centre in North America.
Western Economic Diversification Canada works with the provinces, industry associations and communities to promote the development and diversification of the western economy, coordinates federal economic activities in the west and advances the interests of western Canadians in national decision-making.
various growing media and different production techniques.
New varieties may be one way of mitigating the impacts of climate change, he noted.
Cool, wet, late springs the past couple of years have led to late harvests and poor pollination. Although May figures some part- time staff will be employed by the centre, much of the work will be done on a contract basis.
Ultimately, he feels there may be some new variety development done at the centre, but that’s a long-term and large undertaking that they will not embark on initially.
He noted that entomologist and researcher Sheila Fitzpatrick from the Pacific Agri-food Research Centre at Aggasiz has been very helpful with the new facility under a technology transfer agreement with the federal government.
Fitzpatrick says she will also be networking with other scientific experts who work on cranberries in North America, with the goal of guiding the development, plot layout and horticulture of the new centre. “This is a project that will benefit future generations,” said May, who is a fifth generation cranberry grower himself.
Commission manager Jack Wessel has been instrumental getting the project this far, and commission board chairman John Savage played an important role in acquiring the land on 72nd Street, which is part of a mitigation plan for the loss of agricultural land for the Gateway Program and the South Fraser Perimeter Road.
In announcing the WD funding, Kerry-Lynn Findlay, MP for Delta- Richmond East commented, “ Our government’s top priority is the economy and Canada’s agriculture
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