A brewery in Gibsons says they want to see changes made to Agricultural Land Reserve rules so they can continue operating on their property.
Persephone Brewery says their application for a “non-farm use distinction” was rejected by the Agricultural Land Commission and now they have two years to meet ALR rules — or leave.
“For breweries or distilleries or meaderies, we have to grow 50 per cent of the ingredients we use in the brewing process on the farm where you’re producing the beer,” Persephone CEO Brian Smith told On The Coast host Stephen Quinn.
“It’s effectively asking us, on our 11-acre parcel on the Sunshine Coast, to grow malt-grade barley in the volume necessary to keep our business viable … those are big variables with respect to growing barley. Really, the places in the province that grow good, malt-grade barley are up on the Peace River in the Vanderhoof region, not on the Sunshine Coast.”
Liam Britten – CBC News – January 9, 2017.
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