JANUARY 2017 • COUNTRY LIFE IN BC
Chris Thoreau of FarmFolk/ CityFolk and Alex Lyon of UBC are conducting.
Hazelnuts
The BC Hazelnut Growers Association will hold its annual meeting at the show on Saturday morning in the BMO Room. It will include the latest data from the ongoing BC trial of East Filbert Blight (EFB)-resistant cultivars and information on managing an orchard and marketing the nuts. Keynote speaker Shawn Mehlenbacher of Oregon State University will also describe some of the new varieties the Oregon hazelnut breeding program is releasing.
Farm direct marketing
More and more farmers are turning to direct marketing to market and add value to their crops. One of the first to go that route was Krause Berry Farms in Langley. On Friday afternoon in the Evergro Room, Alf and Sandee Krause will share how they have transformed themselves from commercial berry growers to a vertically-integrated destination market that employs over 200 staff during the season to produce and sell over 100 products. As well, Brad Anderson of
Winnipeg will describe how the Harvest Moon Society is networking small Manitoba farms into a food hub and making their products available to consumers at a single, central location. Gary Morton of Nova Scotia will help farmers determine what elements make a direct marketing venture successful.
Urban & specialty agriculture
For the last three years, Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Institute for Sustainable Food Systems has presented sessions aimed at small farms and urban agriculture. This year’s sessions take place in the Evergro Room on Saturday morning and focus on business risk management. Mark Schutzbank of Fresh Roots will present the results of a survey of financial returns from urban agriculture. There will be examples of two successful urban agriculture projects in Vancouver, while Vancity will describe its loan programs for small, new-entry farmers.
With many small farmers turning to hop production, Ray Bredenhof of the fledgling BC Hop Growers Association will chair a session providing valuable information for new
and existing growers in the Evergro Room on Saturday afternoon. It will include a short history of hop
production in the Fraser Valley as well as valuable information on hop pests, pathogens and hop testing. Thursday afternoon’s Agroforestry and Alternate Crop session in the BMO Room offers more options for small farmers. They’ll learn the basics of agroforestry as well as opportunities to produce maple syrup, garlic, hybrid poplar and black walnut trees. There will even be a session on BC’s cultivated and native truffle industries.
Registration
Register for the horticulture short course by January 10 and pay just $90 for the first representative and $80 for all other registrants from the same farm. Fees fees increase to $120 after January 10. Lunch tickets are available at $19 each when you
preregister or $23 at the door. Selected sessions qualify for credits in the Pesticide Applicators License Re-certification Program. Participants can register online or download a registration form at [
www.agricultureshow.net].
Innovation Expo makes debut
An exciting new feature at the Pacific Agriculture Show is the Sumas Regional Consortium for High Tech’s (SRCTec) Innovation Expo.
SRCTec will have two booths in the trade show. Staff will describe the services SRCTec offers high-tech entrepreneurs in one booth, while SRCTec clients will rotate through the second throughout the show. On Friday, 15 of those clients will have their own booths in the FCC Loft to showcase their innovative products.
Firms expected to participate in the expo include Ecoation, winner of the Innovation
Competition in Kelowna last November; Techmist, specializing in disinfection systems; Aerobotica, a drone manufacturer; Bio Secure, which has developed a rapid pest diagnostic for plant growers; CNA Diagnostics, which has created an early warning system for blood disorders in cattle; and AIS Systems, which has just built a robot to move potted plants in a nursery. “Agri-technology is a growing field and we see this expo growing even bigger in the years ahead,” says PAS trade show co-ordinator Jim Shepard, noting there is no extra admission for the Innovation Expo.
SHORTCOURSE HORTICULTUREGROWERS’ 2017 THURSDAY
Raspberries t Strawberries t Vegetables t Potatoes t Greenhouse Agro-Forestry t Opening Reception FRIDAY
Farm Business Management t Keynote Address All Berries t Direct Farm Markets t Vegetables Agricultural Water Management Agricultural & Municipal Biogas Forum SATURDAY
Blueberries t Organic t Hazelnuts Urban Agriculture t Hops
REGISTER ONLINE AT
WWW.AGRICULTURESHOW.NET Registration includes Trade Show entry and all Growers’ Short Course Sessions
This project is supported by Growing Forward, a federal-provincial initiative
Ph: 604-556-3001
growers@agricultureshow.net
Horticulture Growers Short Course 2017
January 26-28 Tradex, Abbotsford
In partnership with the Pacific Agriculture Show
Lower Mainland Horticultural Improvement Association
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Agri-businesses, service providers and farm organizations make up over 250 exhibits at the Pacific Ag Show. FILE PHOTO
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