‘It’s My Life’s Work’: BC Fruit and Vegetable Growers Face Uncertainty After Floods

‘It’s My Life’s Work’: BC Fruit and Vegetable Growers Face Uncertainty After Floods
Flooded farms are seen in this aerial photo in Sumas Prairie, Abbotsford, B.C., on Nov. 22, 2021. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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While their homes and farm fields remain inundated by water, Curtis Sandhu says his family is looking towards rebuilding after a dike failed and devastating flooding hit the prime agricultural area east of Vancouver nearly two weeks ago.

The flooding in the Sumas Prairie came little more than four months after a heat wave in late June “torched” their entire raspberry crop and roughly a quarter of their overall fruit and vegetable crops, Sandhu said in an interview.