Shuswap Your Classified Connection / Vol. 25 No. 26 June 27, 2014
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Which way is up?
n Stunt pilot Phil Symmons flies upside down during a series of aerial feats in his Pitts Model 12 biplane for the crowds in attendance at Airport Appreciation Day held Sunday at the Salmon Arm Regional Airport.
Agriculture to get strategic support By Barb Brouwer
market news staff
Having an organization solely for the promotion and preservation of agriculture in the Shuswap is one of three key recommendations Columbia Shuswap Regional District staff will be considering. This is in response to a Shuswap Agricultural Strategy that was presented to the CSRD board of direc-
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tors at their June 19 meeting. The report, prepared by Sustainability Solutions Group, was presented by Jeremy Murphy, who noted the document contains five themes, 19 recommendations and 40 actions, many of which support each other and are related. Murphy cited three “transformative” and key strategies in realizing a successful agricultural strategy in the Shuswap:
• Establishment of an independent, non-political Shuswap agricultural organization, with staff, to represent the region’s agricultural interests; • Initiate an agricultural economic development process including the marketing and branding of Shuswap-grown products; • Provision of agricultural education services through Okanagan College’s Salmon Arm campus.
Among the many recommendations is the need to develop a common brand for all agricultural products originating in the Shuswap, something Murphy said would fit well with Shuswap Tourism’s marketing of the region. The vision for an agricultural economic development process is that it would consider individual See Farmers’ on page A2
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