Fraser Valley farmers receiving support to improve soil health

ABBOTSFORD — B-C is offering Abbotsford and Metro Vancouver farmers more than one-million-dollars to improve food production and environmental protection.

The funding is being offered through the Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust for programs focusing on soil health, carbon capture, biodiversity and ecosystem enhancements.

The total funding of 1.5-million dollars is part of a federal-provincial partnership program aimed at improving Canadian agriculture’s competitiveness and resiliency.

The programs offered by the trust include the covering of crops after the summer harvest to “improve soil quality and prevent winter erosion.”