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Budding farmer gets chance to grow Keremeos dream orchard thanks to land-matching program

Budding farmer gets chance to grow Keremeos dream orchard thanks to land-matching program
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Budding farmer gets chance to grow his dream orchard thanks to land-matching program

This year, Kanver Brares will be tending his own fruit trees in the Similkameen Valley a dream he has had since childhood thanks to a budding provincial program matching new farmers with land. Agricultural land is notoriously expensive in B.C., making it hard for new farmers like Brares to enter the industry. That s worrying: Most farmers in the province are nearing retirement. Already, more than half the province s produce is imported, leaving it susceptible to everything from drought to political upheavals. In 2016, the provincial government partnered with Young Agrarians, a network for young and new farmers across the country, to help them overcome the financial hurdle. The B.C. Land Matching Program has since linked about 100 farmers with land to grow their crops in Brares case, a 25-year-old orchard, farm, and B&B. He’ll be leasing the business and land from Old Tower Farm in Keremeos. It s an exciting shift for the 21-year-old, who realized an office job wasn t for

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