The agricultural sector in BC short 6,000 to 8,000 seasonal agricultural workers
COVID-19 has greatly affected the agricultural sector in British Columbia. The government said the past few months have been very difficult for approximately 63,000 farmers, ranchers, fishermen and women, harvesters and processors of food. COVID-19 has disrupted the workforce to the point BC is expecting a shortfall of 6,000 to 8,000 seasonal agricultural workers this year. The BC Agriculture ministry is encouraging farming through Grow BC, moving more grown and processed food into places like hospitals through Feed BC, creating demand for local products and making it easy to identify local produce with Buy BC. The province announced the launch of an online resource that will function as a one-stop job shop. The website is called the BC Farm, Fish & Food Job Connector.
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