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The Investment Agriculture Foundation of British Columbia is an industry-led, not-for-profit organization. We were established in 1996 to strategically invest federal and provincial funds in support of innovative projects to benefit the agri-food industry in British Columbia.
Our mission is to
assist British Columbia's producers, processors, agri-businesses and rural communities to adapt, diversify and grow.
Our vision is to be a catalyst for building a prosperous and sustainable agri-food community within British Columbia.
Our actions are guided by these core values:
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Excellence: delivering the highest standards of service quality. |
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Innovation: developing and incorporating new ideas and ways of operating. |
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Enterprise: being resourceful and nurturing. |
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Equality: promoting inclusivity and accessibility. |
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Responsibility: ensuring care of our people and stewardship of resources entrusted to us. |
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Understanding: ensuring effective communication with all stakeholders. |
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Sustainability: vigilance in protecting our natural environment in order to help sustain the long-term viability of agriculture in British Columbia. |
Our mandate is to invest in projects that enable the BC agri-food industry to innovate, proactively seize new opportunities and deal with emerging issues.
The purposes of the Society, as per the Foundation's Constitution as filed in accordance with the Society Act are:
To foster increased long-term growth, employment and competitiveness of British Columbia's agriculture and food industry and rural areas.
To foster greater cooperation, strategic alliances and partnerships among individual companies, segments of the agriculture and food industry and rural stakeholders
To promote self-sufficiency so that the agriculture and food industry become less dependent on government support
To provide a strategic approach to the agriculture and food industry's response to structural changes affecting the industry
To establish the necessary framework for the delivery of the adaptation and other programming interventions that ensures that the agriculture and food industry in British Columbia has direct control over the effective and efficient execution of the Society's mandate
Additional Resources
Read our Corporate Plan
Explore our history
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