Kootenay and Boundary industry contacts
Last updated on July 24, 2025Business, marketing and non-profit organizations supporting the Kootenay agricultural industry.
On this page:
- Sector-specific producer organizations
- Food producer alliances and institutes
- Extension contacts
- Regional marketing resources
- Regional business development organizations
- Land and tenures
- Other local agencies
Sector-specific producer organizations
Local producer organizations:
- Creston Valley Beef Producers
- Grand Forks Stock Breeders Association
- Kettle River Stockman's Association
- Kootenay Organic Growers Society
- Kootenay Livestock Association
- Kootenay Milk Producers Association
- Okanagan Kootenay Cherry Growers
- Waldo Stockbreeders' Association
Personal emails and contact information are not listed on this page – if there is no contact information for an association listed above, connect with your regional agrologist to get in touch.
Food producer alliances and institutes
Local agricultural support organizations:
- Creston Valley Food Action Coalition
- Fields Forward Society & Kootenay Farms Food Hub
- Boundary Food Hub (Boundary Community Ventures Association)
- Windermere District Farmers’ Institute
Extension contacts
Educational resources and agricultural expertise in the Kootenays. For questions, contact the individual organizations:
- Kootenay & Boundary Farm Advisors is an agricultural extension program that provides producers with free, technical production support and information
- Provincial regional agrologists:
- Jeff Nimmo - Kootenays
Telephone: 778-666-0568
Email: Jeffrey.Nimmo@gov.bc.ca - Lindsay Hainstock – Boundary
Telephone: 250 485-7859
Email: Lindsay.Hainstock@gov.bc.ca
- Jeff Nimmo - Kootenays
Regional marketing resources
Independent producer marketing campaigns and initiatives for the Kootenays. For questions, contact the individual organizations.
- The Central Kootenay Food Policy Council maintains a Farm and Food directory for the region:
Central Kootenay Farm & Food Directory - The Nakusp and Area Development Board maintains a directory of food and agriculture for their region: Grow Arrow Lakes - Local Food Guide - Nakusp & Area Development Board
Regional business development organizations
Regional organizations offering support services to Kootenay businesses. For questions, contact the individual organizations.
- Basin Business Advisors Program offers individual business counselling and assessment services and agriculture focused education opportunities
- The Columbia Basin Trust is wider in scope that business development alone, however the Trust has several programs and funding opportunities related to Food and Agriculture. Grants and Programs Directory - Columbia Basin Trust
- Economic Trust of the Southern Interior Funding and support for communities and business support organizations for development and innovation.
- Community Futures rural business advisory offices: Boundary, Central Kootenay, East Kootenay, Greater Trail. Revelstoke
Land and tenures
Information on buying, selling or leasing farm or ranchland. For questions, please contact the individual organizations:
- B.C. Assessment regional offices: Crown corporation providing independent property value assessment
- Front Counter B.C.: Start or manage an application for land tenures or other natural resources uses
- Young Agrarians B.C.: For Lease development support and land matching services within the Columbia Basin.
Other local agencies
Agricultural advisory committees
Agricultural advisory committees are groups of appointed local agricultural producers who help advise governments on policy, programs and regional issues.
For more agricultural development plans and resources, see the regional local planning page.
Agricultural Land Commission
- Agricultural Land Commission Kootenay Land Use Planner: ALC.Kootenay@gov.bc.ca
- Agricultural Land Reserve Maps - Provincial Agricultural Land Commission
AgSafe BC
AgSafe strives to create a safe and healthy work environment in BC agriculture through outreach and an active program of education, training and consultation in all regions of the province.
AgSafe BC has regional safety consultants for the East Kootenay and the Boundary Kootenay areas.