Recent History – 2000 March 15, 2000 DAWSON CREEK – Farmers will see some changes when they sit down to fill out their 1999 Whole Farm Insurance Program applications. The federal and provincial governments, which jointly run the program, announced Tuesday that the applications are now available. “Whole farm insurance has shown it can provide… Read More

Recent History – 2000 April 6, 2000 By Sue Hansen, Van Han Apiaries The warm winds of March send Peace River beekeepers scrambling. Thousands of hives of bees are overwintered in atmosphere-controlled buildings in the region. It is an unnatural environment for the bees, and while they are kept fairly inactive by the dark coolness,… Read More

Recent History – 2000 June 1, 2000 By Patsy Nagel, Contributing Writer It’s great to see cooperation on both sides of the border in the 4-H movement. 4-H members from all areas of the Peace came together May 27-28 in Grande Prairie to show their projects and practice judging different classes. Many horses and riders… Read More

Recent History – 2000 July 6, 2000 “The strength of the organic industry is its integrity,” said Kit Fearon, Certification Committee Co-Chair for the Peace River Organic Producers Association (PROPA). “We have to ensure the integrity of our label is maintained throughout production; that members are farming in an organically acceptable manner and that contamination… Read More

Recent History – 2000 July 14, 2000 BEAVERLODGE — After several years of planning and construction, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Beaverlodge Research Farm official opened its new $2.1-million crop services building Monday. Senator Thelma Chalifoux was on hand at the farm on behalf of Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lyle Vanclief to unveil a plaque dedicating… Read More

Recent History – 2000 Aug. 3, 2000 By PRASPS “There are thousands of different methods used in any farming. The biggest difference between organic and conventional agriculture is how the producers approach it,”says Tim Ewert, president of the Peace River Organic Producer’s Association (PROPA). Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada defines organic farming as a practice… Read More

Recent History – 2000 Sept. 15, 2000 By PRASPS The snowfall on the first weekend of September did not help Peace farmers at all when Dawson Creek area grain and hay fields were flattened by a dump of two to eight inches of snow. The two days of rain that followed helped melt the snow,… Read More

Recent History – 2000 Sept. 21, 2000 By PRASPS DAWSON CREEK — One of the driving forces of innovation in the Peace country beef industry, Bill Wilson’s ranch is situated just east of Dawson Creek along Highway 49. Wilson rents the property that was once the Northern Lights College Agricultural School. “I grew up on… Read More

Recent History – 2000 Sept. 21, 2000 By PRASPS DAWSON CREEK — Garnet Berge, his partner Doreen, and his son James manage a third-generation family farm of 1850 acres north of Dawson Creek. Berge’s grandmother, Rose, refuses to be 92 years old and is an integral part of all that goes on at the farm…. Read More

Recent History – 2000 Sept. 22, 2000 By PRASPS From Vancouver Island to Manitoba and numerous points between, folks in the sheep business flocked to Dawson Creek for the 7th annual Peace Country Sheep Sale, Sept. 19. Once again the Peace Country Livestock Auction Mart was the site, and once again elbowroom was at a… Read More