FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, October 1, 2018 – With negotiations under the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) complete, and despite the fact Canada’s chicken sector is giving up additional access, chicken farmers are relieved that over a year of uncertainty over the future of the agricultural landscape in Canada is
OTTAWA, Aug. 14, 2018 /CNW/ – Considering the average carbon footprint of chicken around the world, Canadian chicken has one of the lowest carbon footprint of all. This is a key result coming from a recent Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) conducted by Groupe AGÉCO, a consultation firm specializing in corporate
The BC Chicken Marketing Board has made some changes to our General Orders. Click on this link for a full description of the changes, along with the corrected pages: 2018 07 06 General Orders Amendment Memo with new pages. Please print the new pages and insert them in your General
Raising healthy birds humanely is as important to BC’s chicken farmers as it is to those who purchase from our family farms – after all, farmers are consumers, too. Last June 2017, the British Columbia Chicken Marketing Board (BCCMB) convened a committee of processors, catching contractors, growers, BCCMB staff
Chicken is Canada’s most popular meat protein. Canadians love chicken because its nutritious, delicious and convenient. But Canada’s chicken farmers are concerned about the new Canadian Food Guide. We fully support the emphasis on protein-rich foods as the foundation for a healthy diet. However, we are concerned that only plant
The BC Chicken Marketing Board currently has a job opportunity. Please click here for more information.
Thank you to all of our growers and other industry stakeholders for participating in our quota assessment evaluation. Our evaluation is now complete. Here is the final report that was submitted to the BC Farm Industry Review Board. 2017 07 03 Quota Assessment Report To FIRB FINAL 2017 07
Barbeque season is upon us, and with so many delicious chicken recipes out there, how can you go wrong? Some people might be surprised to learn that barbequing chicken is not always the easiest task. That’s why the BC Chicken Marketing Board (BCCMB) has come up with some of the
One of the fundamental roles of the British Columbia Chicken Growers’ Association is to increase public awareness and understanding of chicken production, family farming, food safety, animal care and bio-security. To support this, the Poultry in Motion™ Educational Mini Barn program was established as a means to educate non-farmers and
About BCCMB: The British Columbia Chicken Marketing Board (BCCMB) is a non-profit agricultural commodity board that monitors and regulates the production and marketing of chicken in British Columbia. Every year we licence over 325 broiler quota holders in BC and 15 primary poultry processors. We also provide permits to approximately 200 small-lot holders who grow 2,000 birds or less.