The Farmer In the Valley
The Fraser Valley, as a whole, is the best agricultural land in Western Canada. This is precisely the reason that so many people settled in the area a hundred or so years ago. Today, this land is highly desirable for a number of uses other than agriculture—industrial parks, large warehouse retailers, housing subdivisions, and gated communities are all part of the picturesque, rural landscape in the Fraser Valley. These physical pressures coupled with long term economic and political trends—sagging prices, competition from California and Mexico, and a prolonged decline in the skilled labour pool—have created deep changes in the way farming is practiced here, and in many other regions throughout the world. Alyson Chisholm is one farmer who knows this […]
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