Farming in British Columbia

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Farming in British Columbia

Interviews with BC-based farmers, food processors, academics and others who contribute to food production in BC in one way or another.

  1. 1天前

    Extension & Data & Tariffs, Oh My

    This episode started out as an effort to learn about a PhD thesis focused on how farmers feel about data-sharing, but discovered some sidebars that were also worth sharing with you. First up: former British Columbian and perennial soil nerd Clare Sullivan on a circuitous path to an Ag-focused PhD in Greece by way of Oregon State University's extension program. Clare compares extension services in the states to what we have in here in BC, with some help from a special friend of the podcast. You can help Clare with her PhD research on farmers' willingness to share their farm data by visiting farmingbc.ca/data. I've filled out the survey...it's relatively quick! Also: in today's metaphorical middle, some BC farmers tell us what the were up to in late March, and talk a little about the impact of tariffs. Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship

    50 分钟

  2. 3月26日

    H5N1: Assessing & Mitigating the Risks to Poultry (Bonus Episode)

    This bonus episode was produced on behalf of the Small Scale Meat Producers Association with funding it received through the Farmed Animal Disease Program. The funding was delivered by the Investment Agriculture Foundation on behalf of the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food. This episode, two conversations aimed at helping us understand the risks posed by highly pathogenic H5N1. This strain of Avian Influenza has been circulating widely among wild birds in North America and over the last couple of years has had serious impacts on poultry flocks across Canada and the US. My first guest is Dr. Gigi Lin. Gigi is the Animal Welfare & Extension Emergency Management Veterinarian in the Office of the Chief Veterinarian at the BC Ministry of Agriculture & Food. She joined me specifically to talk about the H1N1 virus: what it is, how it spreads, and risk mitigation practices for farmers with outdoor flocks in BC. My other guest is Christian Alexandre of Alexandre Family Farm. Christian and his family operate a large organic dairy and pastured poultry operation in northern California. He joined me to talk about a major outbreak of avian influenza his farm experienced and how it impacted his business. A couple more useful links: BC Ministry of Agriculture webpage on Avian Influenza BC Ministry of Agriculture webpage on Premises ID

    48 分钟

  3. 3月19日

    Checking in on the BC Food Hub Network

    In 2019 BC's Ministry of Agriculture & Food launched the BC Food Hub Network, a major component of which was significant funding for new food hubs in the province. This episode, a couple of conversations with people for whom Life Is Food Hubs; the rest being Just Details. Sarah-Patricia Breen is the BC Regional Innovation Chair in Rural Economic Development at Selkirk Innovates, the applied research department of Selkirk College. Lindsay Harris and Kent Fawcett work for the Kamloops Food Policy Council; Lindsay is their Food Policy Implementation Lead and Kent Manages a food hub called The Stir. With these guests, I'll explore how the BC Food Hub Network came to be and whether it's currently living up to its promises and potential. Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship

    1 小时 3 分钟

  4. 3月7日

    BONUS: Are you violating The Scheme? More on the orderly marketing of veggies in BC

    Herein: part of my conversation with Jerome Lenkeek, Senior Policy & Market Analyst with the BC Vegetable Marketing Commission, who gave me an interview to fill in some gaps that Lillian Pusch and I didn't cover in our conversation in episode 28. In this segment of our conversation, Jerome explains how exemptions work within BC's Vegetable Scheme, which is kind of cool name for the regulatory system that oversees the orderly marketing of veggies in BC. I really wanted to include this segment because I was a small-scale veggie producer for around ten years and for most of that time was unaware that I was bumping up against regulated production limits for certain crops. Based on what Jerome told me, I probably should have applied for a license in a couple of cases! Maybe you should too! Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship

    20 分钟

  5. 3月5日

    A Tariff-Adjacent Conversation About BC's Veggie Marketing Commission

    My guest today is Lillian Posch, General Manager of Okanagan Grown Produce Ltd., a veggie marketing agency located in Vernon. Marketing agencies like OGP play an important role in the orderly marketing of BC Vegetables. For those unfamiliar with the term, Orderly Marketing is the weaker yet earnest cousin of Supply Management. And in BC, it's the term we use to describe a legislated regulatory scheme that organizes the production of a whole bunch of vegetable crops. All of which is overseen by the BC Vegetable Marketing Commission. You should listen to this because a lot of our conversation is relevant to the trade war we now find ourselves in. And because Lillian is a delight to listen to. Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship

    59 分钟

  6. 2月19日

    Setting the Peace on Fire on Purpose

    Today on the show, a tip from a listener takes me up to Northern BC, where some farmers and their co-conspirators are playing with fire! My guest is rangeland agrologist Nadia Mori, the coordinator of the Peace River Forage Association. She joined me to talk about her role as the coordinator of the Peace River Forage Association and a couple of its current projects. One explores the potential benefits of prescribed burning of pasture lands; the other gives farmers the tools and knowledge to fight wildfires on the farm. Nadia's media production company is called Fairfield Productions Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship

    49 分钟

  7. 2月5日

    Farmers Appraise their Farmers Markets

    Today on the podcast, a return to a topic that, if download numbers are any indication, many of you are interested in. Way back in episode six of the show I released an episode I titled The Current State of BC’s Farmers Markets. It featured an interview with the board chair of the BC Association of Farmers Markets. And Wylie and I did talk about the state of BC’s Farmer’s Markets in that episode, but given its popularity in my podcast feed, I decided I’d like to take another crack at this subject, only ideally, this time around I’d talk about farmers markets with the farmers who attend them. I wanted to ask them how it’s going, what the vibe at their market is like, and whether they’re committed to their farmers’ market for the long haul. Over the last week, I spoke with six farmers from around the province, and you’re about to hear from all of them. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship

    1 小时 6 分钟

  8. 1月22日

    A Minister's Mandate (Or: Lana's Letter)

    Today on the show, BC’s recently re-elected premier David Eby finally issued mandate letters for his new cabinet, so I asked a politically-minded farmer to join me to talk about what’s contained in the one for our brand new but also returning Minister of Agriculture and Food, Lana Popham.  We reference the BC Ag Council's Strategic Priorities released during the last BC election. Here's that document. Other links: farminginbc.ca/submit if you'd like to contribute your thoughts for a future episode of the show. You're also welcome to send an audio recording to Jordan via text/whatsapp/signal Jordan at 250 767 6636 or via podcast@farminginbc.ca farminginbc.ca/sponsorship to learn more about buying ads on the podcast or other forms of sponsorship. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship Sponsors in this episode BPL Backflow Testing: This episode of Farming in British Columbia is supported in part by BPL Backflow Testing, servicing the central and north Okanagan. Irrigation season is fast approaching. If your irrigation system requires a back flow device and you need it tested, BPL Backflow Testing can take care of that. BPL Sponsorship

    41 分钟
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    Interviews with BC-based farmers, food processors, academics and others who contribute to food production in BC in one way or another.

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    • 创作者
      Jordan Marr
    • 活跃年份
      2024年 - 2025年
    • 单集
      35
    • 分级
      儿童适宜
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      © Copyright 2025 Jordan Marr
    • 节目网站
      Farming in British Columbia

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