Fresh Valley Blog
Stories from the farm, the food, and the people behind it.
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Fresh Valley Farms Guesthouse Featured in Rocky Mountain Bride
Fresh Valley Farms Guesthouse is featured as the wedding accommodation for Andrea and Kyle’s spring celebration in British Columbia.
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Introducing the Fresh Valley Farms Guesthouse
The farm guesthouse has seven bedrooms, a slower season ahead, and room for a gathering.
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Waiting for rain in the Okanagan
The creek is a trickle, the hay is standing, and the whole valley is waiting for a soaking rain.
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Climate Change + Drought = fires and stressed out farmers
We’ve been remiss in not writing a post earlier this week. While going about the farm chores of feeding, watering, and moving livestock, we have also been glued to the news about the fires south of us as well as the one outside of Lillooet, which was licking at the heels of our very good…
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Eggs (on sale!), fresh chicken broth, and all the drool-worthy beef
While going about the farm chores of feeding, watering, and moving livestock, we have also been glued to the news about the fires south of us as well as the one outside of Lillooet, which is licking at the heels of our very good friends. There are many farmers that we know personally in the…
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Farming through the Bradley Creek fire
The Bradley Creek fire burned just south of the farm. The animals still needed feeding, and the eggs kept coming.
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Ordering open for K-towns (Kamloops and Kelowna)
The hens are doing a great job of laying despite the hot hot HEAT so If you want something fancier than a fried egg we have ALLLL of the steaks available, and we have removed the limit on steaks, including ribeye. We once had someone order FIFTY ribeyes, which is when we implemented a per…
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Penticton and West Kelowna! Pasture Raised Eggs on Sale
The hens are doing a great job of laying despite the hot hot HEAT so our bundle of eggs is an even better deal for a few days. I just had a cheesy fried egg for lunch, with fried ends of broccoli from yesterday’s supper. If you want something fancier than a fried egg we…
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Gallagher eShepherd Virtual fencing arrives at Fresh Valley Farms
This week brought one of the biggest pasture management changes we have made in a long time. We put grazing collars for a virtual fencing system on our first group of cattle. These collars are from Gallagher Animal Management’s eShepherd Virtual Fencing System. They use virtual fencing. The basic idea is a bit like the…
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North Okanagan’s new Butcher Hub opens in Spallumcheen
The North Okanagan Butcher Hub is now open in Spallumcheen, and this is a big moment for small-scale farming in our region. For years, small-scale meat producers across the Okanagan have faced the same challenge. Raising livestock is one part of the work. Getting animals processed in a timely, legal, and affordable way is another.…
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Fresh Valley Farms has a new logo, with roots that go back to the beginning
Fresh Valley Farms has a new look for 2026. Our new yellow sun logo is now here, and it carries a big piece of our story, both old and new, with it. If it feels familiar, that is by design. This new logo is a callback to our first Fresh Valley Farms logo from 2015…
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Annelise Speaking at Young Agrarians 2026 BC MIxer
Last weekend, Annelise spoke at the Young Agrarians snpintktn, Penticton, BC Mixer, a two-day (un)conference-style gathering focused on farmer connection, skills, and support. The event ran February 28 to March 1 at Okanagan College’s Penticton campus, with the weekend theme, “Resilience in Relationships.” Annelise joined the “Failing forward & sharing lessons learned” session, a panel…