Episode 40

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23rd Sep 2025

Ag's Mother Problem

This ep: My guest on the show today is Katie Sardinha, an orchardist who runs Kaleidoscope Fruit Ranch based in Summerland. Katie wrote an op-ed in the August issue of Country Life in BC focused on the grocery oligopoly in Canada and the problem this poses for farmers. Katie thinks it’s a big problem, actually. Or not even ‘a’ big problem, but ‘the’ mother problem. I wanted to ask her to expand on what she meant, so I asked her for an interview.

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Advanced Fencing Workshop March 14 & 15 in Lillooet

Visit farminginbc.ca/fencing to learn more about the Small Scale Meat Producers' Advanced Fencing Workshop on March 14 & 15

March 14/15 SSMPA Fencing Workshop

Advanced Fencing Workshop March 14 & 15 in Lillooet

Visit farminginbc.ca/fencing to learn more about the Small Scale Meat Producers' Advanced Fencing Workshop on March 14 & 15

March 14/15 SSMPA Fencing Workshop

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Farming in British Columbia
Interviews with BC-based farmers, food processors, academics and others who contribute to food production in BC in one way or another.

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Jordan Marr

I'm Jordan Marr, a farmer and broadcaster in BC's North Okanagan. My farm business is called Unearthed Organics, where I produce milling corn and dry beans on a small-scale. I currently produce and host this podcast as well as The Organic BC Podcast & The Ruminant Podcast. I also produce a regular segment on food and farming in the southern interior for CBC Radio's Daybreak South, based in Kelowna. I live with my wife and two kids in Vernon.