Apples are packed at the B.C. Fruit Packers plant. In an effort to enhance and streamline operations, the four Canadian fruit packing cooperatives in British Columbia’s Okanagan –Valley have joined forces. Pending the outcome of a vote in early February, which is expected to be a formality, the fourth co-op, the Okanagan Similkameen Cooperative Growers Association in Oliver, British Columbia, will merge with the B.C. Fruit Packers in Kelowna, Sun Fresh Cooperative Growers in Naramata, and Okanagan North Growers Cooperative in Winfield. The new co-op is expected to be named the Okanagan Tree Fruit Cooperative and begin operation June 1. […]