Chilliwack, B.C., farmers worry uncleared ditches harming ability to grow food [Video]

When April Johnman looks out over the fields of her family farm in Chilliwack, B.C., where tall green grass and fresh corn grow throughout the summer, all she sees is mud. 

“It’s been flooded,” she told CBC’s The Early Edition host Stephen Quinn.  

It’s been that way since October. 

“It’s unusual to see the water stay this long.”

That flooding, she said, is the result of blocked ditches and culverts near her property. And if it’s not cleared, it could be devastating for this year’s crops. 

“We’re trying to grow crops, we’re trying to feed our animals, which in turn feeds people,” said Johnman’s father, David Dyck. “We have enough struggles with doing that.”

Dyck pointed out that this comes at a time when Canada is looking to be more self-sustaining, as the …