Engagement was open until May 10, 2023 On this page… Engagement Summary The Ministry of Agriculture and Food (AF) created the Stewarding Agricultural Watercourses (SAW) project to identify challenges and opportunities, build on the successes of current programs such as the Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) and Beneficial Management Practices (BMP) programs, and take next steps …
Engagement Summary Ranchers and abattoir operators in British Columbia are contributing to improve rural food supply and food security in the province, as part of ongoing government efforts to increase livestock production and processing in rural communities. The policy changes will also increase economic opportunities and strengthen B.C.’s provincial food system. Policy changes shared with …
Engagement Summary Over the past year, government has updated legislation to revitalize the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) and Agricultural Land Commission (ALC). These legislative changes aim to further encourage farming and ranching in British Columbia and strengthen the independence of the ALC so it can better fulfill its mandate of encouraging farming and protecting farmland. …
Engagement Summary On July 11, 2019, the Government of British Columbia announced the Food Security Task Force (Task Force) – a commitment identified in the 2019 Speech from the Throne. The Task Force has a mandate to provide recommendations on how to: Apply agri-technologies (“agritech”) to enhance sector productivity, economic competitiveness and sustainability, reduce waste …
Engagement Summary B.C.’s Minister of Agriculture, Lana Popham, announced the formation of an independent committee to lead a public engagement process and provide recommendations to the provincial government to revitalize the ALR and the ALC. Citizens were invited to read a discussion paper prior to completing an online survey. The Advisory Committee is …
Engagement Summary On August 2, 2017, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy George Heyman announced an independent review of the Hullcar Aquifer with the goal of ensuring practices from the agricultural sector are aligned the provision and protection of clean, safe drinking water for all British Columbians. The review of the Hullcar Aquifer …
Engagement Summary Growing Forward 2 (GF2) is a five-year federal-provincial-territorial policy framework for Canada’s agriculture and agri-food sector. It is the basis for coordinated, cost-shared programs to help the sector become more competitive and innovative. In British Columbia, the federal and provincial governments will invest an estimated $427 million in GF2 from 2013-2018. In September 2012, …
Engagement Summary In January of 2011, The Ministry of Agriculture released a discussion paper, the Bylaw Standard for Residential Uses in the Agricultural Land Reserve, which presented a draft Minister’s Bylaw Standard and outlined a set of criteria to be used by local governments to regulate siting and size of residential uses within the Agricultural …
