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COVID demand for produce boxes in B C still booming, farmers say

COVID demand for produce boxes in B C still booming, farmers say
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COVID demand for produce boxes still booming, farmers say

#150 of 150 articles from the Special Report: Food Insider Like many small farmers in B.C., Ardeo Mann was hit with a tsunami of demand for their boxes of local produce when the pandemic hit last year. Photo provided by Ardeo Mann Last spring, Shirlene Coté was hit with surging demand for an unusual product: Boxes filled to the brim with her farm’s produce, delivered weekly during the growing season to customers who paid a lump sum in advance. Demand hasn’t let up since. “(There’s) definitely a notable difference in people’s interest,” said the Abbotsford farmer and co-owner of Earth Apple Organic Farm. Since the pandemic started, the number of customers buying the boxes has jumped by about 30 per cent.

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Seed production set to grow in regions around B C

by Province of British Columbia on Tuesday Mar 16 2021 B.C. seed producers may soon be able to access new seed processing equipment in up to a dozen BC Food Hub Network facilities. This equipment will increase production of high-quality vegetable, grain and plant seed and support B.C.’s food system. FarmFolk CityFolk will lead the ministry-funded BC Seed Hub feasibility study to determine the potential of adding in-hub infrastructure or mobile cleaning units at food hubs in different regions of the province. “Many seed producers are smaller, family-run farms that cannot afford their own seed cleaning and packaging equipment, but by expanding the role of our food hubs to include those services, we can help solve that problem,” said Lana Popham, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries. “We’re going to look at how we can increase seed production in different regions and work with B.C. farmers to support and expand seed-sector infrastructure,

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Anita Georgy talks food security during COVID-19, connecting through agriculture

You might find Anita Georgy on a big pile of soil in her front yard, standing proud after digging up her lawn to make space for a garden. You’ll also find her in the FarmFolk CityFolk (FFCF) office, working as executive director for the province’s largest food and agriculture non-profit organization. The group has a number of programs aimed at strengthening food systems, helping farmers and mitigating climate change caused by agriculture. Raised on a farm in southern Ontario, Georgy has been in Vancouver since the early 2000s. Canada’s National Observer caught up with her for a chat about FFCF and her thoughts on food systems.

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