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Country Life in BC 36 Dale Road Enderby, BC V0E 1V4


Vol. 103 No. 3


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Show at the Tradex in Abbotsford was another huge success, organizers say. “We’re very pleased with the numbers,” says trade show co-ordinator Jim Shepard. “Attendance was up from previous years for both the trade show and the seminars.” Organizers were fortunate the show took place January 26-28 instead of the following weekend, when the Fraser Valley was blanketed by snow. “That would have been an absolute


disaster,” says Shepard. Attendance at the Thursday morning Dairy Expo was similar to previous years while registrations for the Horticulture Growers’


Short Course, which took place all three days, and the Value of Biogas West conference on Friday were up slightly from 2016. “We had over 1,000 registrants, speakers


and volunteers for the short course,” reports Lower Mainland Horticultural Improvement Association manager Sandy Dunn. General attendance was just shy of 9,800. This year’s show featured two events that


were enthusiastically received, says Shepard. One was the Innovation Expo in the FCC Loft on Saturday and the other was the new Tailgate Party on Friday afternoon. Planning has already begun for next year’s


show, scheduled for January 25-27, 2018. “Next year will be our 20th anniversary so


we are planning something special to celebrate it,” says Shepard.


! The agricultural news source in British Columbia since 1915 MARCH 2017 | Vol. 103 No. 3


Jennifer Dyson (left) and Melanie Boros of Coleman Meadows Water Buffalo Dairy sample water buffalo cheese made by Natural Pastures during a well-attended opening reception at the Islands Agriculture Show, February 3. CATHY GLOVER PHOTO


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