A number of B.C. chefs have joined forces to speak out against proposed changes to the Agricultural Land Reserve. “We’re growing. We are going to need that land in the future,” said Scott Jaeger of the Chef Table Society of BC. Around 90 per cent of B.C.’s crops are grown in what the government is calling Zone 1 – land in Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Island and Okanagan.
Under the terms of proposed legislation, little is will change to how agricultural land is regulated there. But in Zone 2, which would cover every other region, farmers would have more flexibility in land use.
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Justin McElroy-Global BC – May 28, 2014
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