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B.C. tree fruit grower co-operative shuts down after 88 years, citing low volume
OKANAGAN, B.C. — A British Columbia co-operative that has been selling and promoting the province’s fruit for the last 88 years is shutting down.
In a letter sent to members Friday and obtained by The Canadian Press, the BC Tree Fruits Cooperative says “extremely low” volumes of fruit and difficult market conditions mean it will no longer be accepting fruit.
The letter says the co-operative, which processes, stores, packages and sells fruit for 230 member farms, will be going to court for direction on how to wind down and “maximize recovery for all stakeholders.”
It says growers should “immediately search for another alternative” to get their products to market for the rest of the season.