Nov 04
By Farmer Bob, Past President, Island Farmer’s Alliance. Back in the 1970s, the Province created the Agricultural Land Reserve, the purpose of which was to reserve land for agricultural purposes through the zoning process. Immediately, all the land zoned for agriculture lost about 50% of its market value. This was anticipated. The government created four …
Oct 27
By Farmer Bob, Past President, Island Farmer’s Alliance. Farming on Vancouver Island has been broken for some decades. Those few people still in the game do what they can to stem the decline, but overall their efforts are insufficient to reverse the trend. The primary difficulty is a lack of infrastructure to support agriculture. A …
Oct 23
This year’s IFA Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday, November 17, 2012, at the Cedar Community Hall , 2388 Cedar Road, Cedar (visit www.cedarcommunityhall.ca for directions). Doors open at 12 noon – AGM begins at 1 pm. Highlights include: A Tribute to John Wilcox, Brenda Dumont: Social Media Made Simple, and a report …
Mar 02
We are converting the Island Farmers’ Alliance website to WordPress, so that we can become more responsive to our followers.
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