May 29, 2023 – The Western Milk Pool (WMP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Nolan Berg BSc. Ag., MBA, P.Ag. as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the WMP effective Monday, June 5, 2023. Nolan’s appointment follows an extensive selection process that considered exceptional internal and external candidates. Nolan Berg is a […]
Keep readingBC Dairy is excited to announce the launch of our new online, self-paced food and nutrition workshops for teachers across BC. Food Explorers, our kindergarten to grade 1 in-school program, and Food for Us, our grade 2-3 program, are the first programs to launch. In less than an hour, workshops feature program links to BC’s […]
Keep readingDecember 13, 2022 –Toronto, ON–Canadian dairy leader Lactalis Canada today announced a donation of over 7.6 tonnes of Olympic Organic yogourt valued at $64 000 to Ontario and British Columbia food banks this holiday season. The yogourt donation equates to 11,700 tubs in the standard 650g size, with 3,900 tubs earmarked for Ontario. In British […]
Keep readingBC Dairy and DIDC would like to announce their new Board of Directors. Representing the Mainland Milk Producers Association: • Holger Schwichtenberg • Casey Pruim • Mark Van Klei Representing the Southern Region, including Kamloops Okanagan Dairy Association and Kootenays Dairy Association: • John DeDood • Henry Bremer Representing Vancouver Island Milk Producers Organization: • […]
Keep readingFive western dairy organizations green light next step for transformation of the Western Milk Pool. The Western Milk Pool (WMP) is pleased to announce that all five western provincial Boards have unanimously agreed to support a new modernized governance model for working together. BC Milk, BC Dairy, Alberta Milk, SaskMilk, and Dairy Farmers of Manitoba […]
Keep readingThe Donaldson family of Bradner Farms in Abbotsford has received a Century Farm Award from the provincial government. The award honours farms, ranches and agricultural organizations that have been active for 100 years or longer, as well as those whose farms and ranches have been in families for 100 years or more.
Keep readingBurnaby, BC, July 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BC Dairy is donating $50,000 to Food Banks BC in partnership with 31 local restaurants serving meals featuring local dairy products. The donation will be distributed to food banks across the province. With its Eat good, do good campaign, between May 9 and June 19 BC Dairy partnered with […]
Keep readingBC Dairy Association members were in Victoria this week for meetings with government representatives, with ice cream distributed to the public at the legislature on Tuesday. But dairy is also the most valuable agribusiness in Abbotsford, according to a report released last week by the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce.
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