Agriculture

length of growing season and soil conditions affect the types of crops that can be grown. Recommendation: find crops offering high profit margins.

• Agricultural supplies -compost, manure, sawdust, peat moss, top soil, bark mulch, etc.
  Cultured Christmas trees-it takes several years to harvest a crop. BC Hydro leases areas to tree farmers.
• Food Drying and preserving service.
• Garden seed and/or wild flower seed sales-mail order business?
• Ginseng - are local conditions right? Four years to harvest each crop. Operations near Salmon Arm, Keremeos and Kamloops.
• Greenhouse operations producing vegetables, poinsettias, bedding plants, house plants, etc. Winter heating costs are high, however a hot water heating system using waste wood such as cedar buts would provide cheap heat. Cooling systems needed during the summer months unless operated at higher altitudes.
• Hay and Forage farm.
• Herb growing and speciality crops offering higher profit margins.
• Hog or other suitable animal farm using waste food from restaurants and institutions as feed. The Regional district may provide recycling funds to subsidise the cost of picking up the waste food so that it does not end up in a landfill.
• Making and selling Maple syrup. Other hardwood trees such as birch will also produce a syrup.
• Mushroom farm.
• Organic farming-free of pesticides and chemical fertilizers.
• Pesticide applicator.
• Picking wild fruit and fruit from private lands and abandoned orchards and then processing this fruit into juices, pies, jerkies, etc.
• Picking wild flowers and plant parts for drying and wholesaling to craft stores, etc. check into environmental regulations.
• Vegetables, berries or orchards-retail sales often regulated by marketing boards.
• Winterization service for plants.