This is a bonus episode featuring a segment of my recent interview with BC's Agriculture & Food Minister Lana Popham that won't be included in next week's episode featuring her reflection on the 2025 Farming Year.

Herein, I ask the Minister if Buy BC should get cheeky with our grocery sector oligopoly, whether her ministry plans to address the massive water license application backlog, and why Farm Status on ALR land is so easy to obtain.

In this segment, we reference the 2025 Premier's Task Force on Agriculture & Food Economy, which recently completed its work and released its recommendations.

Early this year I recruited 14 farming professionals from around BC to send me updates all year, with the hopes of turning it to some sort of Farming in BC Yearbook. Here, you'll here part one of a multi-episode series to close out the year.

This time, you'll hear a summary of the 2025 farming season as a series of messages sent to me by project participants.

You can contribute your own farm summary, or a good 2025 farming anecdote, by visiting farminginbc.ca/submit

Early this year I recruited 14 farming professionals from around BC to send me updates all year, with the hopes of turning it to some sort of Farming in BC Yearbook. Here, you'll here part one of a multi-episode series to close out the year.

This time, you'll meet the project's participants and hear about their goals and their anxieties heading into the 2025 season.

You can contribute your own farm summary, or a good 2025 farming anecdote, by visiting farminginbc.ca/submit