Vernon-Monashee MLA Eric Foster presents Mr. and Mrs. James Kidston with a Century Farm Award. The Kidston Farm has been in the family for several generations, since 1904.
COLDSTREAM – The Kidston Farm in Coldstream has been honoured with a Century Farm Award to recognize more than a century in operation, Vernon-Monashee MLA Eric Foster announced today on behalf of Agriculture and Lands Minister Steve Thomson.“The Kidston Farm and other Okanagan orchards like it are part of B.C.’s proud agricultural heritage,” said Foster. “For well over a century, this farm has been growing food for British Columbians. The Kidston family is working hard to ensure the legacy of farming and agriculture in B.C. carries on into the future.” Century Farm Awards honour pioneers whose farms or ranches have been in families for 100 years or more. The award also includes institutes and industry associations that have been active for the past 100 years or more. Each Century Farm Award celebrates the rich heritage that accompanies the hard work and enduring sense of communities in rural B.C.
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