RE:Food and energySometimes dams impact food production. The difficult tradeoff between food and energy is illustrated with Site C.
A rare east-west facing valley, the Peace Valley forms a microclimate that comprises 31,528 acres of sundrenched land, making it some the best farmland in the country.
With droughts and wildfires driving food prices ever skyward, B.C. is destroying a valley that has the capacity to feed a million people – one quarter of the province’s population.
“Fruits and vegetables are the irreplaceable building blocks of nutrition. The Peace River Valley is the only area for large-scale vegetable expansion in the province.” Wendy P. Holm, agrologist who testified before the Joint Review Panel on Site C