October 2016 • Country Life in BC PNE auction nets near record proceeds for ag by DAVID SCHMIDT
VANCOUVER – Normally held in the picturesque environs of the Momiji Gardens, inclement weather forced the Pacific National Exhibition to move its annual Evening for Agriculture indoors, September 1.
The rain outside did not dampen the enthusiasm of over 100 guests assembled inside the Pacific Room of the Pacific Coliseum. Furious bidding resulted in proceeds of over $20,000 for the live auction conducted by Delta auctioneer Ian Paton, a member of the PNE Agricultural Advisory Committee. Add almost $13,000 more from the silent auction and the sale of potentially prize-winning toy farm animals and the total raised reached a near-record level of more than $34,000.
“Staggering” support
PNE agriculture manager Christie Kerr said the evening received a “staggering amount” of support from sponsors, noting the 15 packages in the live auction and 45 items in the silent auction were the most they have ever offered. The BC Youth in Agriculture Foundation receives the money, using it to provide scholarships for BC youth pursuing agricultural education and grants for agricultural-related youth programs.
This year, such perennial grant recipients as the BC 4-H Ambassador Program and the Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation were joined by several new recipients. Most prominent was the Fair Roots Mini-School.
Set to begin this school year, the mini-school is a partnership between the Delta School District and Kwantlen Polytechnic University and supported by local farmers and agricultural industry members, including Paton, Emma Lea Farms, Westcoast Seeds and the Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust.
30 students
The program is a regular course elective that will see up to 30 students grow crops on an eight acre site at the former Boundary Bay school site. The students will visit the site twice a week to plan, plant, nurture and eventually harvest the crops.
“Many of our students have no idea what it takes to produce their food and this program will take them out of the classroom and give them some hands-on experience,” explains Delta School District principal Brooke Moore, who was on hand at the auction to accept a $10,000 donation from the BCYIAF.
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BC Youth in Agriculture Foundation chair Bob Brandsma, left, and treasurer Roger Gill, right, present a cheque for $9,000 to
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