WATCH TONIGHT: Can B.C. grow the food we need at an affordable price?

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Food grown in B.C., like everything else at the grocery store, is more expensive than ever.

Our poor farmers are struggling with the threat of wildfires and floods, along with rising costs to produce the fresh food that we all want. Vineyards and orchards in the Okanagan were devastated this year by a winter cold snap.

At the same time, many companies are innovating with vertical farming and other techniques, increasing output and finding new overseas markets for B.C. goods.

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So, what are the challenges and what can we do to support local farmers? Can we grow the food we need at an affordable price?

Please join us here for a livestreamed panel hosted by Stuart McNish of Conversations Live tonight at 7 p.m. and post your own questions for the panel below:

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The panelists:

• Peter Dhillon, Chair of Ocean Spray and a member of the B.C. Food Security Task Force
• Sukhpaul Bal, President of the B.C. Cherry Association and director of the B.C. Agriculture Council
• Lenore Newman, Director of the Food and Agriculture Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley
• John Anderson, Chairman and CEO of Oppy, a grower and distributor of fresh produce that started in B.C. 165 years ago
• Matthew Dahabieh, CEO of Catalera BioSolutions, a Vancouver company that develops biological pesticides without synthetic chemicals
• David Guthrie, National Agribusiness Sector Leader at KPMG

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