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constructed for the purpose of growing crops.” Forests, Lands, Natural


Resource Operations and Rural Development minister Doug Donaldson signed the order on behalf agriculture minister Lana Popham, who has recused herself from the cannabis file because her husband, Victoria physician Rob Sealey, prescribes medicinal cannabis. The information bulletin announcing the new regulation explained that local and indigenous governments now had the authority “to prohibit cement- based, industrial-style, cannabis-production bunkers on ALR land in their communities” as well as to prohibit it anywhere outside the ALR. (A definition of


“production bunkers” was not provided.) Agriculture ministry staff said the new regulation doesn’t ban recreational cannabis cultivation outright, but simply gives municipalities authority to do so. However, it makes cultivation anywhere other than in soil or a pre-existing structure a non-conforming use.


This effectively outlaws the newly legal crop, which raises red flags for the BC Agriculture Council. “From a principles


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a field. Even a potato farmer needs to have some place to grade potatoes and store them. It is a concern for us, and there’s going to be some work that needs to be done.”


ALR restrictions


The province says it has no plans to introduce similar restrictions on other farming activities currently allowed within the ALR, but Linda Delli Santi, executive director of the BC Greenhouse Growers Association, isn’t resting easy. Richmond approved a


bylaw June 18 prohibiting farms with buildings exceeding 750 square metres (approximately 8,073 square feet) site coverage from having concrete or other kinds of impermeable flooring greater than 10% of their gross area.


She thinks Richmond’s


bylaw may have given the province some ideas, noting that a ban on concrete flooring surfaced during a recent, informal conversation with Popham during a recent tour of Houweling Nurseries Ltd. in Delta. “She was saying we really


shouldn’t be paving our good, productive soils. So it did ring some alarm bells in my head that this may not be the end of the conversation,” says Delli Santi. “I think they’ve been grappling with this issue because of the Richmond ban.”


She’s presented the


greenhouse industry’s concerns with Richmond’s ban to Popham but she also doesn’t see how one can pick and choose which sectors can’t have concrete. “Where do you draw the


line?” she asks. “The potential for everything is out there.” The bans also respond to


widespread concerns among municipalities and the public that cannabis shouldn’t be grown on food-producing lands.


The executive of the Union of BC Municipalities agreed in May to support a moratorium on non-medical cannabis production in the ALR “until the provincial government undertakes a comprehensive review and broad consultation with local governments.” Many farmland advocates


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happened, but of course they’re very different allegations from last year.” Friesen Group CEO Marvin


Friesen did not respond to a request for comment.


“We expect more ...” However, Katie Lowe,


executive director of the BC Egg Marketing Board, expressed disappointment at the situation. “We expect more from our


producers than what was on the video,” she said. “The SPCA reports that they had an open investigation on the farm. We do know that they were out there in April but we didn’t hear about it until [July]. So if we had heard about it in April we could have stopped the current flock from being placed.” Lowe calls the fact a flock was placed despite SPCA’s concerns with Jaedel’s practices “unfortunate.” She says birds were removed and the farm decommissioned after a third-party audit as well as a team from Egg Farmers of Canada investigated Jaedel’s animal welfare practices and found ongoing issues. Shipments of eggs from the farm ended June 21. Lowe, an animal welfare auditor certified by the Professional Animal Auditor Certification Organization since 2009, said the marketing board is examining its own protocols to see if the issue could have


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also believe cannabis shouldn’t be grown on farmland, making it one of the top concerns heard by the nine-member committee charged earlier this year with recommending ways to revitalize the Agricultural Land Reserve. But for Alan Johnson, a


vice-president with Colliers International who has a listing for a cannabis farm in Pemberton that plans to have both indoor and outdoor production, the province’s move is surprising because it hands municipalities discretion over what can be grown in the ALR. “[If] municipalities are going to start stepping in saying, ‘Well, we don’t believe this to be a crop or to be an agricultural product,’ well, what about ornamental shrubs and trees? What about Christmas trees? What about flowers? I don’t eat flowers,” he says. “Why are we using valuable agricultural land to grow non-edible products? … [It’s] a big conversation and one that’s going to continue to go back and forth between all the parties.”


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been caught earlier. “We audit our farms on a


regular basis,” she said. “We’re taking a look at our internal policies and procedures to see if we could have done something differently to stop this from happening.” The board responded to


last year’s investigation of Elite, for example, by


implementing monthly audits of catching crews. “We’re taking a more active


role in that oversight,” she said. “We expect all of our producers to uphold the animal care and food safety and biosecurity standards whether they think they are going to be caught out or not.” Lowe also pointed out that


activists actually targeted three poultry farms in the latest operation. Jaedel was the only one where issues were found, indicating that most farms are well managed. Moriarty, however, would


like to see industry codes of practice included in the province’s Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. “I have to give a shout-out


to dairy, because when it happened with dairy, they acted extremely quickly in supporting the inclusion of the code of practice,” she said. The poultry industry is still


thinking about it “We’re looking for some


active support going forward,” Moriarty said. “Really, the ball is in their court.”


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