Agri-Food

When it comes to the agri-food sector British Columbia is a real contender. The province posses a strong local market driven by the largest population of the western provinces and also enjoys a high annual per household food expenditure. B.C.’s climate creates favourable growing conditions and well established primary production capabilities generate a wide diversity of products. The high quality of life attracts skilled and unskilled labour from around the world resulting in great cultural and linguistic diversity.
 Long established research infrastructure has also generated important breakthroughs in production and food processing (i.e. Aquanet, Centre of Excellence).

Reputations are important these days and B.C. is recognized as a clean, healthy and safe jurisdiction for food production and processing. Agri Food is a high priority segment for provincial government, which has reduced the regulatory burden by 37% since 2001.

Targeted Key Sub-sectors including
•    Consumer food products
•    Confectionary
•    Beverage processing

B.C.’s location make it ideal for Marketing not only in North America, but also in Asia and Europe through trades shows and company visitation.  Companies that wish to export to the Asia Pacific also gain an advantage by being situated in B.C. as the province is lays claim to one of the busiest ports on the Pacific Rim.