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Venture Acceleration Celebration!
Celebrating 30 Local Tech Start-ups through SRCTec The Sumas Regional Consortium for High Tech (SRCTec), a non-profit agency…
Seeds for Success: Support for Smaller Farms
By Cate Pedersen Mike Manion grew up on a family farm in Ontario; a farm with thirty head…
Turning Egg Money into an Education
By Robyn Roste Every day before and after school 15-year-old Jenisa Los waters, feeds, and collects eggs from…
This Land is Our Land: BC’s Density Dilemma
Cate Pedersen Developed along essential waterways, the Lower Mainland has long been in the business of transporting goods…
The Cage Debate:
Changes expected for egg layers Cate Pedersen When you’re shopping for eggs, what do you reach for first?…
Agriculture Technology Companies Gain New Partner
Cate Pedersen The technopreneurs, ag-industry advocates and government representatives were out in full force Friday, February 26, 2016…
Bee Vectoring: Pollination and Crop Protection
Cate Pedersen Lately, the buzz has been all about the bees—and with good reason. Climate change and pesticide…
From Tank to Table: Granpa Dome Revolutionizes the Factory Farm
Lynda Grace Philippsen After a career in banking, Japanese entrepreneur Takaaki Abe entered a second line of business…
Small Beans? The Future of BC Lentils
By Paul Pryce With the agreement reached on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on October 5, 2015, opportunities to…
GMOs: How necessary are they?
Editorial Does your food contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs)? Unless you eat only organic, chances are a good…