For this year’s BC Heritage Week theme, “Stir the Pot,” We keep thinking about the invisible steps between a farm and a meal. In Chilliwack, livestock history isn’t only barns and pastures—it’s also the hatcheries, packing plants, and processors that quietly shaped what families could buy, cook, preserve, and share. For generations, many Chilliwack-area farms were mixed operations—raising animals alongside field crops and gardens—so the work was constant and seasonal in a d
