A Fruitful Century

• Author's Note
• Introduction: Preparing the Ground
• Chapter One: Rootstock 1889 - 1910
• Chapter Two: Grafting Over 1910 - 1927
• Chapter Three: Shaping the Framework 1927-1939
• Chapter Four: Blossom 1939 - 1957
• Chapter Five: Thinning 1957 - 1973
• Chapter Six: Harvest 1973 - 1989
  • 1973: A Pivotal Year
  • The Agricultural Land Reserve
  • B.C.F.G.A. Submissions to the Minister of Agriculture and to the Select Standing Committee on Agriculture
  • The Dissident Fruit Growers
  • The Hudson Report
  • The Farm Income Assurance Program
  • The Grower Plebiscite on One-Desk Selling
  • Changing Times: 1974 Onwards
  • The End of Mandatory One-Desk Selling for Provincial Sales and the Growth of Fruitlegging
  • Adapting
  • Return of Social Credit Government and the Rise of Economic Conservatism
  • Reassessing Farm Income Assurance
  • Report of the Select Standing Committee on Agriculture, 1978
  • Chronicle: 1978
  • Chronicle: 1979
  • Chronicle: 1980
  • Chronicle: 1981
  • Chronicle: 1982
  • Roygold Reports, 1982
  • Chronicle: 1983
  • The End of Mandatory One-Desk Selling for Export Sales, 1984
  • Chronicle: 1984
  • Chronicle: 1985
  • Restructuring the Board of B.C. Tree Fruits Ltd. in 1985
  • End of the Court Case, 1985
  • Chronicle: 1985 Continued
  • Chronicle: 1986
  • Chronicle: 1987
  • Chronicle: 1988
  • Chronicle: 1989
• Afterword: Next Year's Crop - Looking on to the Second Hundred Years
• Appendix

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August 12, 2022

Worker Safety Incentive Announced by BCFGA

On August 12, 2022, the BCFGA introduced a $250 to $500 incentive for growers who receive a COR certification from AgSafeBC.  

Here is the press release announcing the BCFGA Incentive for COR Certification.

Here is a bulletin on calculating the financial benefit of joining the COR program, with a further $250 to $500 for the BCFGA incentive. 

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