Blog Category: Apprentice / Intern

JULY 26, 2025: Lacombe County, AB – Farm Tour and Grazing Workshop with Ellis Nature Centre

Posted by Lourdes Still on May 28, 2025

Join us for a day of community building and land stewardship education at Ellis Nature Centre! Young Agrarians invites you to an inspiring afternoon at Ellis Nature Centre, a non-profit hub for conservation, environmental education, and sustainable agriculture nestled in the heart of Lacombe County. With roots in the original 1906 Ellis family homestead, this vibrant site manages over 480 acres of agricultural land while advancing wildlife research, adaptive grazing practices, and community education. We are excited to be joined by the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA), who will lead with an engaging talk about rotational grazing systems. They … Continue reading JULY 26, 2025: Lacombe County, AB – Farm Tour and Grazing Workshop with Ellis Nature Centre →

JUNE 17, 2025: Saskatoon, SK – Garden Tour & Composting Workshop with CHEP Good Food

Posted by Lourdes Still on May 27, 2025

Join us at CHEP Good Food’s ketayak community kistikana for a hands-on evening learning the basics of composting with Lisa Howse, Projects Coordinator at the Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council. Lisa brings many seasons of experience and a deep passion for waste reduction to this fun, accessible, and informative workshop. Whether you’re just getting started or curious about integrating composting into your farm, garden, or yard, this session is for you! We’ll dig into: How composting works Tips for setting up your own system Common compost challenges and solutions How composting connects to land care and food sovereignty We’ll have time … Continue reading JUNE 17, 2025: Saskatoon, SK – Garden Tour & Composting Workshop with CHEP Good Food →

JUNE 21, 2025: Dapp, AB – Farm Tour and Regenerative Agriculture 101 with Triple Lyoness Farm

Posted by Lourdes Still on May 14, 2025

Join us for a day of learning, good food, and community building! At this event, you’ll get a chance to learn about the basics of regenerative agriculture and see firsthand how Triple Lyoness Farm weaves together multiple aspects of regenerative farming — from a mixed livestock operation to productive vegetable gardens to a riparian area protection project. We’re excited to be joined by Sierra Berg from Rural Routes to Climate Solutions, who will lead with an engaging talk that provides an overview of regenerative agriculture. You’ll learn how climate solutions not only build resilience and protect biodiversity but also open … Continue reading JUNE 21, 2025: Dapp, AB – Farm Tour and Regenerative Agriculture 101 with Triple Lyoness Farm →

JUN 20, 2025: Oakbank, MB – Farm Tour and Cover Cropping Workshop with Wild Earth Farms

Posted by Lourdes Still on May 07, 2025

Join us on June 20 for a tour of Wild Earth Farms, where we’ll explore the ups and downs of working cover crops into a vegetable rotation. Wild Earth Farms grows over 100 varieties of vegetables, herbs and fruits on their small 20 acre farm near Oakbank, Manitoba. We’ll discuss the farm’s cover cropping goals for the year, and tour a section of land that was cover-cropped in 2024, talking through our observations and sharing cover crop stories. Manitoba Agriculture’s Vegetable Extension Specialist, Tom Gonsalves, will also be on hand to demonstrate and discuss water infiltration. There’ll be plenty of … Continue reading JUN 20, 2025: Oakbank, MB – Farm Tour and Cover Cropping Workshop with Wild Earth Farms →

APRIL 28, 2025: ONLINE – Understanding Treaty Relationships in Your Farming Journey

Posted by Lourdes Still on April 23, 2025

It’s essential for all of us involved in agriculture to understand the Treaty relationships that shape the land we farm on. These relationships are foundational—not only to the histories and present-day realities of the places we farm—but also to how we imagine a just and regenerative future in agriculture. Join us for a powerful and grounding conversation with Amy Seesequasis, an Independent Treaty Relationship Consultant, as we explore what it means to live and work on Treaty land. Amy will guide us through the basics of Treaty history, Indigenous land stewardship, and how settlers and non-Indigenous people can honour and … Continue reading APRIL 28, 2025: ONLINE – Understanding Treaty Relationships in Your Farming Journey →

YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: WINNIPEG, MB – A ROCHA MANITOBA

Posted by Sara Yagelniski on April 03, 2025

Do you want to learn how to grow and raise a variety of vegetables in a community garden setting? Are you interested in learning more about non-profits and doing garden outreach? A Rocha Manitoba is excited to offer a hands-on apprenticeship just for you! About the Farm A Rocha Manitoba is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba – Treaty 1 Territory A Rocha is an organization which engages in scientific research, environmental education, community-based conservation projects and sustainable agriculture. They are an international Christian organization and they welcome anyone, regardless of religion, to work with them. In an environmental context often characterized … Continue reading YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: WINNIPEG, MB – A ROCHA MANITOBA →

YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: East ST Paul, MB – Hnatiuk Market Gardens

Posted by Sara Yagelniski on April 03, 2025

Do you want to learn how to grow and raise a variety of vegetables? Are you interested in learning more about CSAs? Hnatiuk Market Gardens is excited to offer a hands-on apprenticeship just for you! About the Farm Hnatiuk Gardens is located in East St Paul, Manitoba – Treaty 1 Territory Hnatiuk Gardens is a generational market gardening farm in East St. Paul, Manitoba, just 10km northeast of Winnipeg. They believe farming can and needs to be innovative to meet the challenges of the 21st century and looming environmental issues. They believe small community-based farms can play a large role … Continue reading YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: East ST Paul, MB – Hnatiuk Market Gardens →

YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: ERICKSON, MB – TAMARACK FARMS

Posted by Jennifer Sparling on February 20, 2025

Are you interested in learning how to grow, harvest and clean a diversity of crops? Are you interested in native seed production and ready to jump in a tractor to spend your days in the beautiful outdoors? Tamarack farms is excited to offer production apprenticeship just for you! About the Farm Tamarack Farms is located on Treaty 2 territory, near Erickson, MB and Rolling River First Nation. Tamarack Farms is a family farm business located near Erickson, Manitoba. In 1979, Carol and Harvey Pengelly started Tamarack Farms. Ryan Pengelly and Alexandra Lozada returned to take over the farm in 2014. … Continue reading YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: ERICKSON, MB – TAMARACK FARMS →

YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: Winnipeg, MB – FortWhyte Farms

Posted by Jennifer Sparling on February 20, 2025

Do you want to learn how to grow and raise a variety of vegetables and livestock? Are you interested in learning more about CSAs? FortWhyte Farms is excited to offer a hands-on apprenticeship just for you! About the Farm FortWhyte Farms is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba – Treaty 1 Territory FortWhyte Farms is a 20-year-old, award-winning social enterprise and working farm that bridges communities, creates learning and employment opportunities for youth, and grows healthy food for our community. Over the years, it has evolved from small apiaries and aquaponics to a non-certified organic Market Garden and regenerative agriculture practices. They … Continue reading YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: Winnipeg, MB – FortWhyte Farms →

YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: Hanna, AB – Hart Ranches

Posted by Steven Olsen on February 03, 2025

Are you passionate about regenerative agriculture, livestock care, and land stewardship? Hart Ranches in Hanna, Alberta, is offering a unique apprenticeship where you can gain hands-on experience on a 7,000-acre ranch while working alongside skilled mentors. About the Farm Hart Ranches is focused on regenerative ranching and conservation. Mike and Laura Hart, the ranch owners, are committed to healing their land, which was severely impacted by the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. They are active members of the Chinook Applied Research Association (CARA), participating in workshops on topics like drought mitigation, soil health, and shelterbelt development. Their diversified operations include: … Continue reading YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: Hanna, AB – Hart Ranches →