VICTORIA - Targeted funding from Canada and B.C. supported business development, innovation, food safety, and sustainability under the Growing Forward agreement in the second quarter of 2011-12. Growing Forward is a five-year framework that co-ordinates federal, provincial and territorial agriculture policy. Between July 1, 2011, and Sept. 30, 2011, the following investments were made under Growing Forward: Organization: Lower Mainland Horticultural Improvement Association
Amount: $15,000
Program: Lower Mainland Horticultural Improvement Association - Short Course
Organization: Cowichan Valley Regional District Amount: $2,500
Program: Vancouver Island Agriculture Show
Organization: B.C. Pork Producers SocietyAmount: $3,500 Program: Support for speakers at farm business management seminars on succession planning
Organization: B.C. Cranberry Marketing Commission
Amount: $3,500 Program: BC Cranberry Marketing Commission "Short Course"
Organization: B.C. Young Farmers
Amount: $7,000
Program: Farm Business Management seminar
Organization: B.C. Milk Marketing Board Amount: $3,500 Program: Farm Business Management speakers
Organization: Abbotsford Farm and Country Market Society
Amount: $3,500
Program: Farm Business Management speaker
Organization: B.C. Association of Farmers' Markets
Amount: $3,500
Program: Farm Business Management speaker
Organization: British Columbia Institute of Technology
Amount: $70,000 Program: Pilot program for provenance authentication & product quality analysis for B.C. agri-food & agri-products Organization: B.C. Investment Agriculture Foundation Amount: $167,000 Program: Canada-B.C. Agri-Innovation Program
Organization: B.C. Agricultural Research & Development Corporation
Amount: $273,500
Program: Environmental Farm Planning Program (EFP)
Organization: B.C. Agricultural Research & Development CorporationAmount: $168,000
Program: Beneficial Management Practices program (BMP)Organization: B.C. Blueberry CouncilAmount: $35,444
Program: Area-wide emerging threat assessment & industry outreach to enhance on-farm biosecurity practices for critical new invasive species in berries in B.C.
Organization: B.C. Agricultural Research & Development CorporationAmount: $176,500
Program: Food Safety System Implementation (FSSI) Producer Program
Organization: B.C. Sustainable Poultry Farming GroupAmount: $13,420 Program: Electrostatic Space Charge System (ESCS) Scale-up project
Organization: B.C. Agricultural Research & Development CorporationAmount: $109,100
Program: Enterprise Infrastructure Traceability (EIT) Program
Organization: Food Innovation Centre of B.C.Amount: $50,000 Program: Food Innovation Centre of B.C. - initiation of operations
Organization: B.C. Cattlemen's AssociationAmount: $20,000
Program: Farm succession planning seminars
Organization: Nuu-Chah-Nulth Economic Development CorporationAmount: $37,500
Program: Alternate crop/forest farming field pilot project - Phase 3
Organization: Pacific Field Corn Association Amount: $10,000 Program: Web-based nitrogen management tool
Organization: B.C. Vegetable Marketing CommissionAmount: $65,000 Program: Opportunities Assessment Project for B.C. vegetable sectorOrganization: New Ventures B.C.
Amount: $60,000
Program: BCIC-New Ventures Competition: AgriTech 2011
Organization: Farm Folk/City Folk Society
Amount: $7,500
Program: E-trader marketing strategy
TOTAL
$1,304,964
These funds are part of the $78 million being invested in a number of non-Business Risk Management programs designed to help farmers and other participants in the agricultural and agri-food industry increase their competitiveness and profitability.The Growing Forward agreement also includes up to $475 million in B.C. to help provide income stability and insurance against losses through Business Risk Management programs.For more information on Growing Forward programs visit: http://www.al.gov.bc.ca/apf/GF_Programs.htmlWe want to hear from you. Please share your ideas at BCJobsPlan.caMedia Contact: Kathryn HardyMinistry of Agriculture250 387-1693
