Agricultural Plan Update

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Consultation has concluded.

On July 24, 2023, Delta City Council approved the City's new Agricultural Plan. A copy of the report and the Plan can be found here. Thank you to everyone who provided their feedback on this important project, and we look forward to working to further the actions and strategies in the Plan.


The New Delta Agricultural Plan

The City of Delta launched a project to update the 2011 Agricultural Plan. The new Agricultural Plan is intended to reflect the many changes, from economic to environmental to regulatory, which have influenced the local agriculture sector since 2011.


For Phase 1 of this project, we conducted background research and preliminary engagement with the former Agriculture Advisory Committee to better understand Delta’s current agricultural sector. The two key objectives of the new Agricultural Plan are to:

  1. Identify current issues facing Delta’s agriculture industry and actions the City could take to respond to these issues; and,
  2. Recommend changes to Delta’s current Official Community Plan policies and zoning bylaw as needed to support and protect the long-term viability of local agriculture.


Phase 2 saw the development of draft recommendations to address the needs identified in Phase 1. Through the input of the former Agricultural Advisory Committee and the current Agricultural and Hunting Regulation Advisory Committee, stakeholders, and the broader community, those strategies were further refined and incorporated into a draft Agricultural Plan.


In Phase 3, the draft Agricultural Plan was finalized and endorsed by the Agricultural and Hunting Regulation Advisory Committee. Following that endorsement, Delta City Council approved the City's new Agricultural Plan on July 24, 2023.


Next Steps:

Now that the new Agricultural Plan has been approved, City staff are already working to implement the actions in the plan to support Delta's agricultural community. Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far, and we look forward to continuing this important work.


Support

This project is funded in part by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Government of British Columbia through programs delivered by the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC.


Consultation has concluded.

On July 24, 2023, Delta City Council approved the City's new Agricultural Plan. A copy of the report and the Plan can be found here. Thank you to everyone who provided their feedback on this important project, and we look forward to working to further the actions and strategies in the Plan.


The New Delta Agricultural Plan

The City of Delta launched a project to update the 2011 Agricultural Plan. The new Agricultural Plan is intended to reflect the many changes, from economic to environmental to regulatory, which have influenced the local agriculture sector since 2011.


For Phase 1 of this project, we conducted background research and preliminary engagement with the former Agriculture Advisory Committee to better understand Delta’s current agricultural sector. The two key objectives of the new Agricultural Plan are to:

  1. Identify current issues facing Delta’s agriculture industry and actions the City could take to respond to these issues; and,
  2. Recommend changes to Delta’s current Official Community Plan policies and zoning bylaw as needed to support and protect the long-term viability of local agriculture.


Phase 2 saw the development of draft recommendations to address the needs identified in Phase 1. Through the input of the former Agricultural Advisory Committee and the current Agricultural and Hunting Regulation Advisory Committee, stakeholders, and the broader community, those strategies were further refined and incorporated into a draft Agricultural Plan.


In Phase 3, the draft Agricultural Plan was finalized and endorsed by the Agricultural and Hunting Regulation Advisory Committee. Following that endorsement, Delta City Council approved the City's new Agricultural Plan on July 24, 2023.


Next Steps:

Now that the new Agricultural Plan has been approved, City staff are already working to implement the actions in the plan to support Delta's agricultural community. Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far, and we look forward to continuing this important work.


Support

This project is funded in part by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Government of British Columbia through programs delivered by the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC.