There are a few thing Renee Prasad screw more than reconnecting with UFV ’s agriculture grad . So many scholarly person have graduate from the university and gone on to do terrific thing in the ag sphere , and she ’ll see some of them on Saturday , Oct 5 when UFV Chilliwack hosts the Agriculture Alumni Pop - Up Farmer ’s grocery .

" My favourite thing about my chore at UFV is the students and grad , " says the associate prof and Agriculture department head . " no matter of why they are interested in agriculture and where they end up , it is just so rewarding to be a tiny part of their journeys . "

" It ’s coolheaded to see your bookman out there last their dreams . "

The market is being hold from 10 am to 1 atomic number 61 under the big arching roof of Building R , the onetime RCMP inject range . It ’s protected from the element and provides plenty of space . Renee say the date was opt so folks can buy in up on locally - grown goodies before Thanksgiving .

Products that will be on sales event , and the farm / alumna producing them include :

Renee laughs when asked what she ’s interested in purchasing .

" Hazelnuts . Capricorn inwardness . Cheese . Basically , I ’m listing everything , " she says with a smile . " Liam is quite excited to see what the reaction is to the Wagyu beef cattle , and when I told my hubby that , he tell me I should check that I ’m first in stemma . "

It ’s a hectic clock time of year for farm , and some alumni told Renee they could n’t do the market because they ’re busy with harvest or agri - tourism issue . But all of them were aroused about the thought and expressed a desire to enter .

" They ’re send products to be sold , and that ’s because they see the time value in residential area building and supporting the school where they have their undergraduate grooming , " Renee say . " Even though some of them ca n’t attend , it makes me feel expert that they are so busybodied receive success in their airfield .

" That ’s very encouraging . "

The market is part of the UFV fiftieth anniversary celebration , funded by the UFV 50 Program Fund . Agriculture was one of the first course of study that was teach at Fraser Valley College back in UFV ’s earliest solar day , and the mart will see alumnus from as far back as the 1990 ’s participating .

" This initiative embodies the goals of the fiftieth day of remembrance class , " order Laura Authier , Associate Vice President , Community Engagement . " The Agriculture Alumni Pop - up grocery store raises the visibility of the agriculture plan , showcases the achievement of the program ’s graduates , and allows grad , students , and the greater community of interests to make newfangled connection . "

In addition to offering great production , the market offer the opportunity to showcase how UFV ’s agriculture programs have evolved over the decennium .

" Fifty eld ago , most of our student were coming from farm and give-up the ghost back to farm , and now that is less than 25 percentage , " Renee note . " Students are realizing that agriculture offers diverse career pathway . you’re able to work with plants or animals , but primary production is not the only option . Our graduates also become technicians , consultants , technical reps , agronomist , or ag scientist after live on to grad shoal .

" As the need of the students and USDA manufacture evolved , so too have our programs . "

Renee feel good about that , and she says the grocery store will let in an educational component . As masses wander about , they ’ll be able to check out posters that spotlight educatee and faculty research . She hopes to bend this into an annual consequence .

Source : University of the Fraser Valley .