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“Before the Plate”: A movie starring your food on a journey from farm to fork
By Cate Pedersen Dylan Sher’s trek into the field of agriculture began with a high school course in…
A BLOOMing Good Time: Abbotsford’s Tulip Festival
It’s early in June, 2017, and the flood of spring visitors to the Abbotsford Bloom Tulip Festival has…
Handling Heat Stress: Dairy herd signs & symptoms
With temperatures expected to soar in the Fraser Valley in the coming days, we turn to an article…
Not in My Backyard!
A farmer’s view on “Factory Farms” By Cathy Finley As farming and its future changes, farmers are presented…
An Experience to Remember: Maan Farms Country Experience & Estate Winery
Maan Farms has been part of the Abbotsford farming community for 40 years. When Kris and Devinder Maan…
Crops & Climate Change:
Keep the old, but bring in the new! By Tom Baumann I have in past issues tackled the…
New Pests in the Fraser Valley
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Two years ago, one of our contributors wrote about the possibility that the brown…
Abbotsford’s Agriculture Bus Tour
Each year, the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce organizes an Agriculture Bus Tour—open to anyone interested in learning more about…
Reducing Spray Drift
By Cate Pedersen Any spray drift means that it’s not working properly and so efficiency is the name…
Roots and Wings Distillery
Vodka Takes Roots and Flies High in Langley Ronda Payne Although the attribution of the quote is uncertain,…