Okanagan farmers plead for government help in preserving BC Tree Fruits Co-op assets

More than 100 farmers, many of them members of the BC Tree Fruits Cooperative, gathered at a busy Kelowna, B.C., intersection Tuesday morning as they fight to save the co-op. “I would like some sort of government to step in to protect the farmers of the Interior. Like it needs to be done,” said Kelly Wander, the rally’s organizer. With a debt of $58 million, the co-op’s board filed for creditor protection two weeks ago, leaving some 300 Okanagan farmers in a grim situation in the middle of harvest. The agency has been ordered to sell its assets, but as Klaudia Van Emmerik reports, members say there's still time to save the co-op and the livelihoods depending on it. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/10731241/okanagan-farmers-government-help-bc-tree-fruits-co-op-assets Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #bctreefruit #okanagan