Ministry of Agriculture and Food
BC Agriculture and Food
Ministry of Agriculture and Food is the first-order subnational public authority responsible for agriculture in British Columbia.
- Jurisdiction
- British Columbia
- Government level
- Provincial
- Authority type
- Ministry
- Status
- Active
Visit the official websitehttps://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/agriculture-seafood
Responsibilities
Each item below is recorded from the authority’s own published material, not inferred from its name.
- Farm policy
Agriculture is a named portfolio published on the Province of British Columbia portal.
Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Food
- Fisheries
Seafood is published alongside agriculture in the same provincial portfolio area.
Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Why this body is recorded
Official name of the body responsible in British Columbia.
- Official source
- Ministry of Agriculture and FoodMinistry of Agriculture and Food
- Source page
- https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/agriculture-seafood
- What the source says
- “Ministry of Agriculture and Food”(official name)
- Standing
- Verified against the sourcelast verified 2026-08-19
- Verified against the Province of British Columbia agriculture and seafood portal; statutory powers are set out in British Columbia law and are not asserted here.
Evidence shows what an official source published and what AgricultureID made of it. The two are always shown separately: quoted text is the source’s own, and a normalised value is AgricultureID’s vocabulary, not a quotation.
Sources and verification
Official government site loaded in a real browser on 2026-08-19; it resolved with HTTP 200 identifying the body as Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
Verified 2026-08-19 against https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/agriculture-seafood · domain classification: Official government portal
Important limitations
- Verified against the Province of British Columbia agriculture and seafood portal; statutory powers are set out in British Columbia law and are not asserted here.