Protecting Farmland From Development

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Ty’s farm is under risk of being developed, and with such valuable land, it’s easy to see why. That’s why he took to social media to spread awareness about the importance of farmland, and how it provides food security for the locality and beyond. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/45J1wfr Botanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3ExFeS1 Book Collection Page: https://growepic.co/3LhAbZD EG Homesteading Book: https://growepic.co/486ygkC Learn More: Potato Growth Stages: How Fast Do Potato Plants Grow? Connect With Tyler Heppell: Tyler Heppell is a 5th generation Potato farmer from British Columbia Canada. He grew up on the potato farm but when he left for University he said he was never going to come back. After 10 years he returned to the family farm with a goal to reduce food waste and educate others about how farming works. He now has over 600,000 followers online posting daily farming content. Instagram TikTok Website Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Preorder Kevin’s newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog YouTube (Including our Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden channels) Instagram (Including Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We have potato tie back on the show, fifth generation potato farmer from British Columbia, Canada.
0:09.1	You mentioned tie that you've got about 600 acres that you're farming up in BC, and
0:15.8	I've noticed on TikTok and some of the other platforms you're creating on, you get pretty
0:20.8	real about the struggles, I guess, maybe of protecting that land.
0:25.9	So how does that even work?
0:26.9	To me, it's like if you own the land, you own the land, right?
0:30.6	Yeah, so the great point, Kevin, and what he's kind of alluding to is right now we farm
0:35.8	200 acres right next to our potato operations is some of the best soil in all Western Canada.
0:43.6	So it's a sandier soil, it's about 10 meters higher than any of the other land around,
0:50.9	and it produces the first potatoes in all of Canada every year.
0:54.3	This is 200 acres of farm land that we rent from the federal government, so our family
0:58.2	has rented it for the last 50 years.
1:01.2	And it is extremely important to food security in British Columbia.
1:05.0	We start planting this field in February, most years, February or March.
1:10.4	And we get our first potatoes off them in May, as well as another farmer does some carrots
1:15.2	and some cabbage.
1:16.2	So what it does is it basically just provides food security from May, June, and July for
1:23.7	Western Canada, and it's at risk right now of being developed.
1:28.2	So all around it is industrial buildings that have erected over the years.
1:34.0	And this land isn't protected by something that we call the agricultural land reserve.
1:38.6	It's its zone for mixed employment.
1:40.7	So what makes it so attractive to develop is industrial land right now in British Columbia
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