Kelowna company completes agreement to buy bankrupt BC Tree Fruits property

[Castanet News]

Novem Pharmaceuticals has announced it closed on a final purchase agreement on the former BC Tree Fruit cold storage facility on Sexsmith Road. Colin Davison,...

[Catsumi]

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Davison says with the current climate south of the border, food security and a focus on buying Canadian could help apple farmers.

"Everything with the tariffs only adds more value to this deal being done and ensuring that we can store our own fruit and vegetables."

Davison says the B.C. government is the only partner they did not hear from through the negotiation process.

"We got zero help from the provincial government, and there's still going to be a drastic shortage of storage for the food industry this year. We're hoping that once we close on this building, we can go to the province and try to build an additional facility on this lot, for storage," says Davison.

Novem is hopeful they can work with the provincial government on future funding assistance.”

But of course you’ll not hear a peep from the NDP govt that speaks with forked tongue. Buy Canadian, they yelp, we must get out from under the American fruit industry supplying us with fruit we already grow.

The silence is deafening when it comes down to a little financial help to put a roof over top of our local fruit. Hypocrites!

[Jackson7]

Why looked to government for handouts??
That's tax payer dollars..bro..if you can't make a profit without government handouts..can it!!

[okgrower]

Novem is talking like they are the savior of the fruit growers... but this discount they negotiated is coming straight out of the pockets of those same growers...

[moeyou]

I smell a rat here, Novem has a hidden agenda.
Stay tuned Kelowna!