BC Dairy Foundation is a not-for-profit organization with the mandate of increasing consumption of milk in British Columbia. Since 1974, the Foundation has developed and delivered leading edge nutrition education programs for many thousands of school children. In addition, the Foundation promotes the consumption of fluid milk and cream. The Foundation is funded by the milk producers in the province and does not receive any government funding. For further information go to www.bcdf.ca .

The Investment Agriculture Foundation of British Columbia is a non-profit organization that invests federal and provincial funds to help the agri-food industry adapt to change. The Foundation is industry-led; comprised of member organizations from across the agri-food industry.

The ministry is committed to providing the business climate for a competitive and profitable industry providing safe, high quality food for consumers and export markets. The current Minister of Agriculture and Lands is the Honourable Pat Bell.

The BC Milk Marketing Board regulates milk production in the province of British Columbia. The Board allots Total Production Quota (TPQ) to producers to ensure sufficient milk production to meet consumer needs. The Board also licenses producers, processors and transporters, and establishes the prices that processors pay for the use of milk in each class. The British Columbia Producer Milk Pool is operated monthly by the Board so that all producers can market the same proportion of their milk in each class.

The purpose of the BC Milk Producers Association is to provide leadership to advance the legitimate business interest of British Columbia dairy farmers and promote a vibrant, sustainable industry which supplies high quality dairy products to the consumer.

British Columbia Supply Management 5 is a cross-commodity group, working for British Columbia's poultry and dairy farmers for fair negotiations with and a balanced trade position at the World Trade Organization (WTO). BCSM5 brings together all people and organizations that believe in a strong agricultural sector and a prosperous food industry in British Columbia and Canada.

BSE or "Mad Cow Disease" is a progressive, fatal disease of the nervous system of cattle. It is what is known as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE). Other TSEs include scrapie in sheep, chronic wasting disease in deer and elk, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Although the exact cause of BSE is unknown, it is associated with the presence of an abnormal protein called a prion. There is no treatment or vaccine currently available for the disease.