Kamla Orchards

09/30/2020

09/14/2020

How do you like your Pears?

I like my Pears Crisp... Harrow Crisp!

08/30/2020

Look at those pears tho! 😍

08/09/2020

The industry needs help. Maybe instead of collecting CRRB you could help your neighbour's make a living?

The negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is beginning to become apparent in Okanagan orchards. According to the BC Fruit Growers' Ass...

07/17/2020

“Them Crow Eggs, Bellflowers, Staymans, Limbertwigs, they’re all sweet little cuties, but there ain’t no apple in this world like a Virginia Beauty.” — Jim Veteto Jim Veteto strums a self-penned …

07/12/2020

Spent an hour this morning picking for the freezer at Summerland Strawberry Farm.

07/08/2020

The purpose of the COVID-19 Awareness Course is to ensure that workers coming to from other parts of Canada are informed and understand the provincial COVID-19 health and safety requirements. Register: http://agsafe.lingellearning.com/login/index.php

07/02/2020

Another stellar year for Okanagan farmers 😖

The cherries on Sukhdeep Brar's 100-acre orchard in Summerland, B.C., are just a few weeks out from ripening. But if he doesn't manage to find the workers to pick them, they will spoil.

06/21/2020

Another disaster year for us 😔

A second straight year of record losses looms for BC cherry growers as the 2020 harvest begins. BC’s Production Insurance program has received 296 claims for yield loss out of 425 polices. “Based on early damage estimates, we anticipate cherry yield loss claims likely to be in the region of $12 million,” the BC Ministry of Agriculture told Country Life in BC. This follows industry-wide losses of $10 million in 2019. This year’s losses are the result of severe cold in January, frost in April as well as heavy rain and hail in June that resulted in 50% damage to early varieties. All told, the 2020 cherry crop is expected to be less than 60% of normal. The shortfall means less exported fruit and a greater focus on domestic markets for packers. Country Life in BC is the agricultural news source for BC's farmers and ranchers.

03/06/2020

https://youtu.be/3FvsHP1_byg family background / Adrian began farming about five years ago, after obtaining degrees in water resource science and geology. He returned home to Summerland and is now leasing and managing several smaller orchards. He is the son of Shirley Hansen and Adrian Arts. grower....

12/01/2019

Been a good week in Regina at Agribition! Met a lot of amazing farmers and had some meaningful conversations around the fragility of our food system.

10/21/2019

Time to make some

10/21/2019

Great feel good story about urban Ag.

10/09/2019

Ambrosia harvest is almost complete... on to Salish!

Growers of Ambrosia apples in British Columbia are finally harvesting their crop after it was delayed due to cooler than usual weather. The unseasonably cold weather pushed the season back by…

10/03/2019

October bloom???

09/29/2019

Ambrosia are ready... Harvest starts Monday

09/20/2019

Weekend event featured tailgate party, agricultural displays and entertainment

09/11/2019

The CFA will be hosting the Canadian Agriculture Leaders' Debate on September 24th, sponsored by Food & Consumer Products of Canada.

Liberal Party of Canada | Parti libéral du Canada, Conservative Party of Canada - Parti conservateur du Canada, Canada’s NDP / Le NPD du Canada, and Green Party of Canada leaders will lay out their visions for the future of Canadian Ag.

Find it on CFA Youtube & pages at 7:00 PM EST Sept. 24th.

09/07/2019

2019 Summerland Fall Fair entries

08/09/2019

This is great news. As a grower severely impacted by SAD im looking forward to some possible answers.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientists have $730,000 in funding over three years to formally investigate Sudden Apple Decline (SAD), according to a story in the August edition of Country Life in BC. Last year, growers across the Okanagan began seeing productive apple trees die within a few weeks of showing signs of stress, destroying up to 40% of some blocks. Scientists from the Summerland Research and Development Centre will be collaborating with other institutions and provide a report to growers early next year. The story is in the August edition of Country Life in BC, the agricultural news source for BC's farmers and ranchers.

05/25/2019

Heavy Saliah apple set this year!

05/07/2019

Bloom in the Ambrosia block.

03/14/2019

Trying to balance urban growth and agricultural lands which will feed an ever expanding population.

There was another sharp yank last week in the eternal tug-of-war over the Agricultural Land Reserve. This one — toward preserving the ALR — is just as ingenious as the last big one by the . . .

03/04/2019

Gotta love ladybugs!

02/24/2019

At the sampling BCs favorite apple

01/24/2019

Not bad, only the second snowfall of the year. Loving what I do and doing what I love

01/23/2019

WOAH! Check this out folks 👀

An Ambrosia 🍎 a Day Apple Contest - snap a pic of you with favorite apple (Ambrosia obviously) and submit it for a chance to win an awesome Prize pack worth over $1000!

An 🍎a day keeps the doctor away but so does a 3 night stay at Spirit Ridge Resort, winery tour tasting at Nk'Mip Cellars, a spa credit for Solterra Desert Spa, get your learn on at the Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre and some cold hard cash 😎

It’s easy! Just upload a photo showing you, or your family and friends, enjoying an Ambrosia Apple! You can enter as many times as you like: An Ambrosia Apple A Day!?! Be Creative … Be Quirky!...

10/12/2018

Woah! Ambrisia harvest 2018 is ALMOST complete.

10/03/2018

100% sweet cherry juice. No additives or preservatives. Stores for 2 years unopened or 2 months open unrefridgerated. Great source of vitamin C. Add it to some club soda for a refreshing drink or a with some Gin for a terrific Gin 'n' tonic!

3L box for $25
1.75L box for $20

09/24/2018

Ambrosia harvest is slowly beginning! The apples are Big 'n' Red & ready to be enjoyed.

08/26/2018

Opening new markets for BC cherries!

WINFIELD, BC, Aug. 24, 2018 /CNW/ - The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, along...

08/20/2018

Budding some next generation cherry varities onto next generation rootstock.

08/07/2018

Cherry juice has been boxed and is ready to go.
3L - $20
1.75L - $15
discounts for large quantity purchases.

08/05/2018

how are you spending your long weekend? We spent ours pressing Lapins and Sweetheart cherries for juice!