Local BC Raspberry Industry Films Launched

The Raspberry Industry Development Council (RIDC) is thrilled to announce the launch of our two short films we produced about the raspberry industry in British Columbia. The purpose of these two films is to showcase the fresh market as well as the processing side in particular. We wanted to share the stories of our successful industry as well as educate the public about our growers, processors as well as our perfect location to grow raspberries.

More than 85% of Canada's red raspberries are grown in Abbotsford, on just 3,000 acres. Fraser Valley growers harvest over 12 million kilograms of the finest quality raspberries each year for shipment across Canada and around the world.

There are over 20 raspberry growers in the Fraser Valley who only produced raspberries for a predominantly fresh market and this film tells their story of how it’s important to support local growers.
There are over 165 raspberry growers in the Fraser Valley who produce raspberries for the processing market. These berries send to processors where they are are frozen as Individually Quick Frozen (IQF), sieved, pureed, made into juice concentrates or wine. These products are sold globally. This film tells the story of how the raspberry starts with a grower to how it goes to the processing plant.