40 Program delivery underway The 4-H British Columbia
program season is in full swing with the completion of
4-H BC GINA HAAMBUCKERS
the first provincial program. Agri-Career Quest was held May 4-9, with delegates exploring careers in agriculture from Abbotsford to Penticton. The next provincial program to be held will be Youth Action in July. Youth Action is an opportunity for 14- and 15- year-old 4-H members to come together for five days to explore issues important to youth, to learn new self- esteem skills and to learn leadership skills while working in groups. 4-H BC Provincial
Communications Finals will also take place at the end of July in Salmon Arm. Provincial Communication Finals features the cream of the crop, having won their
divisions at the club, district and regional levels competing for the provincial titles in speeches and demonstrations. Another part of the 4-H BC communication program is an Educational Display. Every year a large educational display contest is held at the Pacific National Exhibition. The topic this year is Gardening: Let’s Get Growing. This program is generously supported by the BC Youth in Agriculture Foundation. More information about this program can be found in the PNE prize book. The 4-H BC Gator Lottery
JOY DE VOS
draw will be held on June 10 at Davison Orchards in Vernon. Come join us for a pancake breakfast beginning
Now accepting nominations! 2018 Outstanding
BC AND YUK ON REGION YOUNG FARMER
Do you know an OUTSTANDING young farmer between the ages of 19 and 39 who derives two thirds of his or her income
from their farming operation? We want to know about them!
Nominate them NOW to be eligible to compete as one of BC’s OUTSTANDING
YOUNG FARMERS in 2018!
2017 REGIONAL SPONSORS: GOLD
FARM CREDIT CANADA SILVER
CLEARBROOK GRAIN & MILLING CO. LTD. INSUREWEALTH
BRONZE
BC BROILER HATCHING EGG COMMISSION
NATIONAL SPONSORS AGRICULTURE &
AGRI-FOOD CANADA ANNEX BUSINESS MEDIA BAYER CROP SCIENCE BDO CIBC
FARM MANAGEMENT CANADA JOHN DEERE
MEDIA ADFARM 2017 OYF winners Gary & Marie Baars
www.oyfbc.com Outstanding
Nominee’s Name: Nominee’s Phone Number: Nominated by: Phone Number:
MAIL nomination to
HEATHER CARRIERE, 36376 STEPHEN LEACOCK DR., ABBOTSFORD, BC V3G 0C2 Email:
zamacaconsulting@gmail.com
www.oyfbc.com AGRI-DIGEST COUNTRY LIFE IN BC BC AND YUK ON REGION YOUNG FARMER PROGRAM
OKANAGAN 4-H STOCK SHOW BEEF DAIRY HORSE
PRIME GRAIN-FED STEER SALE SATURDAY, JULY 8, 10:15am
ARMSTRONG FAIRGROUNDS
Five workshops
Schedule of Events Beef Division
Move in / Weigh in (beef)
9am Instructional Day (Beef, Dairy) 5pm Opening ceremonies
Dairy Fitting Classes 9am Beef Team & Individual Fitting classes 1pm Beef Heifer & Cow/Calf, Heifer Group Classes 5pm Judging Competition
8:30am Market Sale Steer/Open 4-H Steer, Steer Group Classes 1pm Showmanship 1pm Dairy Achievement 6pm Awards Banquet (Tickets: Jennifer Hurren 250.550.4662) 8-10 am 4-H Beef Sale Breakfast 10am Parade of Champions 10:15am Beef Sale
at 8 am, meet some 4-H members and their projects, take your picture with our mascot, Frisco, and find out more about the 4-H program in BC from one of our 4-H ambassadors, all while enjoying the beauty of Davison Orchards. The gator draw will be held at 10 am. It is sure to be a fun-filled family day with something for everyone!
Westgen hosting
Westgen will be hosting a 4-H BC Family Community Fun Day at their new office in Abbotsford on July 15. Join us for a BBQ, fun and games! More information about this event will be
available soon. During National Volunteer
Week, 4-H Canada announced the Leader of the Year awards. 4-H BC’s Leader of the Year is Joy De Vos of the Deep Creek 4-H Club in Enderby. Joy was nominated by her 4-H members for the prestigious award. Congratulations, Joy! 4-H BC would like to
welcome Jenna Duke to our team. Jenna will be with us for the summer as our special events co-ordinator. Jenna is a third year business
management student with a passion for project
management. Jenna will be working on the 4-H BC Gator Lottery, 4-H Family Community Fun Day at Westgen and some other special events this summer. Please welcome Jenna to the 4-H family.
COUNTRY LIFE IN BC • JUNE 2017 All things big and small I’ve been thinking about things big and little,
particularly in relation to the matter of their importance. As a member of our local Chamber of Commerce board of directors, it’s obvious that I’m “the little one”. Sitting next to
Wannabe Farmer
by LINDA WEGNER
owners of multi-million dollar companies, my successful but tiny home-based business could seem insignificant and yet to me and to the hundreds of other small and home-based businesses, we’re far from that. In April, I spent a week visiting with family on the
Prairies and I admit that this month’s offering basically was inspired by feelings of nostalgia. If nothing else, my sense of “wanna be” farmer was fanned again. Crossing three provinces in either direction, skies were clear of clouds and my view of the ground was spectacular: thousands of acres of land, clearly marked by last year’s furrows spoke of the investment men and women put into providing food for our nation and for the world. My views from the plane and later from the car included farm yards boasting long rows of grain bins; other fields seemingly groaned under the vast array of tractors, seeders and a myriad of assorted but essential equipment. Wherever I looked, everything was big! In the centre of those vast farm lands, however, our son and his wife live and work in a town of 1,100 people. To them this location is the best of both worlds: big enough to meet their employment, social and personal goals yet small enough to reap the benefits of a quiet but fulfilling life.
Back home, I realized those are the very values that I and 11,000 people living in our isolated part of the West Coast deem important. Though considerably larger than that Prairie town, our options for travel are definitely fewer and though miniscule compared to those sprawling fields, our personal food supply is supplemented with fruit, vegetables and berries from our own and other locals’ backyards. We’re small, but we’re mighty. Not only are we not alone in our commitment to
feeding ourselves as much as possible, it’s gratifying to read recently that while the median age of Canada’s farmers is slightly higher (55 years of age), the number of younger farmers, including women farmers, is growing. I refuse to rant against monster-sized, technology- equipped farm equipment and all that’s implicated in large-scale food production, but just like I stand up for small businesses, I’ll defend any day every hard working farmer dedicated to food production at home and abroad. You rock!
Trudy Schweb
horseygal@telus.net | Brad Case 250.517.9561
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