May 15, 2015 - Victoria, British Columbia - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture
British Columbia’s (B.C.) agri-food industry is receiving more than $1.5 million for 17 new projects that support a broad range of innovative products, practices and technologies of direct benefit to the sector.
The projects announced today include:
- Testing the feasibility of a small scale micro-malting facility to produce local custom malted grains for the growing B.C. craft brewing and distilling industries.
- Investigating the potential of earwigs as a biological control of several important insect pests in apple orchards in the Okanagan and Similkameen.
- Developing a specialized grinder that will crush raw ungulate bone into a dry bone powder. There is a demand for bone powder in the pet food and supplement markets.
Dave Townsend
Government Communications and Public Engagement
B.C. Ministry of Agriculture
1-250-356-7098
1-250-889-5945 (cellular)
Jeff English
Director of Communications
The Office of the Honourable Gerry Ritz
1-613-773-1059
Media Relations
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
1-613-773-7972
1-866-345-7972
