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Fast Stats

• There are close to 20-thousand farms in B.C.
• B.C. has the highest percent of small farms in Canada generating gross farm revenues of $10,000 or less. The national average is 22 per cent.
• The number of very large commercial farms, generating receipts of $2 million and over grew by 46 per cent in B.C.
• B.C. has more women involved in agriculture (36 per cent) compared to the national average of 28 per cent.
• Certified organic farms grew by 41.7 per cent in the last five years.
• Computer use by farmers grew by 11.7.
• B.C. accounts for less than two per cent of all cropland in the nation but still has the largest area for apricots, raspberries, cranberries and sweet cherries.
• B.C.’s number one fruit is blueberries with total area in hectares up by 61.5 per cent;
• The province remains third in terms of total acreage of vegetables at 19-thousand acres, behind only Ontario and Quebec.
• The amount of greenhouse growing space is up 14.7 per cent.
• The average size of farms in British Columbia increased from 128 hectares in 2001 to 143 hectares in 2006.