Seasonal and local foods bring this belly warmer to your table Last month, winners of the “Get Your Aprons Dirty” contest went over to The Dirty Apron Cooking School to learn how to cook up a festive meal. One of the dishes prepared was a Squash & Apple soup. The Dirty Apron Cooking School shared […]
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A quick guide to local foods in BC – during the winter! What’s in Season? It’s easy to think of seasonal and local products in the summer time, but what about the winter? The folks at Buy Local. Eat Natural. are a great resource for this very question. In BC, the various climates offer a […]
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We’ve been busy for the past few months! BC Dairy Nutrition Educators have already delivered 35 workshops this school year to teachers throughout BC! Locations included Sooke, Yarrow, Surrey, Cranbrook, Burnaby, North Vancouver, Vancouver, Mission, Kelowna, Langley, Coquitlam, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, and Kelowna. The workshops prepare teachers to help their students become healthy eaters. If you or someone […]
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Catching up with Chocolate Milk ambassador Adam Campbell One sunny afternoon we met up with Powered By Chocolate Milk’s athlete ambassador, Adam Campbell. Adam is originally from Victoria, BC and is a trail runner and ultra-marathon runner. Did you know that Adam broke a Guiness World Record? And that he did it for charity? Well, there […]
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Don’t let your Halloween pumpkin go to waste–use it to make pumpkin purée. Halloween has come and gone and, if you’re anything like us, you have a bowl of empty candy wrappers and a porch full of pumpkins. If those pumpkins weren’t transformed into terrifying jack-o-lanterns, why not follow these steps to make Pumpkin Purée and […]
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Summer is just around the corner and Farmers’ Markets are opening all across BC. See what’s in store for June. The first signs of spring are here: “Farmers’ Markets now OPEN” We all know the rhyme, “April showers bring May flowers” but in this case May showers bring a plentiful amount of local BC fruits, […]
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BCDA’s seasonal newsletter. Seasonally, we produce a newsletter highlighting the activities of our organization. Interested in finding out what we’ve been up to? Download current (and past) issues below.
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The average dairy cow in BC produces 9500 litres of milk a year. To produce high-quality milk, they eat about 50 kg of food every day. A dairy farmers’ commitment to providing high-quality milk begins with taking good care of his or her cows. The average dairy farm in BC has about 135 milking cows—that’s […]
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