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📖Hot off the press: Check out our new National 📖Hot off the press: Check out our new National New Farmer Framework report! ⁠ ⁠ Over the past year, through our "Breaking Barriers: Growing Future Farmers" project we have engaged new and equity-seeking farmers across Canada in dialogue about the supports, programs and policies they need to grow their farms. These dialogues culminated with our in-person National Policy Jam in March, where we workshopped policy recommendations with farmers and farmer support organizations. The resulting report dives into the barriers new and equity-seeking farmers face and outlines bold, community-rooted policy recommendations to support the next generation of farmers. This report is a living document and will continue to evolve! Let’s build a future where farming is accessible, just, and viable for all.⁠ ⁠ Read the report in our link in bio!⁠ ____________⁠ ⁠ 📖Tout juste publié: Consultez notre nouveau rapport sur le Cadre national pour la relève agricole! ⁠ ⁠ Au cours de la dernière année, nous avons engagé la relève agricole et les agriculteur.trice.s en quête d’équité, ainsi que les aspirants agriculteur.trice.s, à travers le Canada, dans un dialogue sur les soutiens, les programmes et les politiques dont ils ont besoin pour faire croître leurs fermes. Ces dialogues ont culminé avec notre Jam Politique National, qui s’est tenu en mars et au cours duquel nous avons élaboré des recommandations politiques avec des agriculteur.trice.s et des organisations de soutien aux agriculteurs. Le rapport qui en résulte examine les obstacles auxquels sont confrontés la relève agricole et ceux.celles en quête d’équité, et présente des recommandations politiques ancrées dans la communauté pour soutenir la prochaine génération d’agriculteurs. Ce rapport est un document évolutif et continuera à évoluer! Construisons un avenir où l’agriculture sera accessible, juste et viable pour tous.⁠ ⁠ Lire le rapport dans le lien en bio!⁠ ⁠ #YoungAgrarians #FutureFarmers #BreakingBarriers #youngfarmers #NewFarmerPolicy #agridiversity #SustainableCdnAg
LAND OPPORTUNITY: Interested in starting up an org LAND OPPORTUNITY: Interested in starting up an organic farm business while living on the land? 1 acre of farmland with certified organic status is available in Courtenay, BC for a wide variety of farming projects. Nestled among the trees for privacy, there is space for an RV or tiny home, with electricity in place and water and septic hook-ups in progress. The farmer will have the freedom to design their farming project from scratch while contributing to the vitality of the land and creating a thriving hub for fresh, local food.⁠ ⁠ Learn more about the opportunity at the link in our bio!⁠ ⁠ Looking for land? Have land to lease? Reach out to kiyomi@youngagrarians.org to learn more about how we can support through the B.C. Land Matching Program!⁠ ⁠ #bclandmatchingprogram #BCLMP #growbc #bcagri #vancouverislandland #courtenaybc #organicfarm #organic #organicfarming
Join us on June 20th for a tour of Wild Earth Farm Join us on June 20th 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 time for networking, too! Snacks and coffee will be provided, but attendees are also invited to join the organizers after the tour at Pineridge Hollow to eat and talk shop.⁠ ⁠ We hope you can join us! ⁠ ⁠ 🕛️ WHEN: Friday, June 20, 2025 | 1-4pm⁠ ⁠ 📍WHERE: Treaty 1 Territory | Wild Earth Farms | Oakbank, MB⁠ ⁠ ⬆️ Reserve your spot at the link in our bio or head to https://youngagrarians.org/events⁠
No one farms alone—and no one should have to.⁠ No one farms alone—and no one should have to.⁠ ⁠ In Young Agrarians Breaking Barriers: Growing Future Farmers webinar series, our episode on wrap around supports explores the supports that can make or break a farmer’s first few seasons: mental health, community networks, business advice, mentorship, and more.⁠ ⁠ We were joined by: ⁠ 🌸Misha Shodjaee-Zrudlo - Verdant Fields Farm⁠ 🌸Rav Singh - Shade of Miti⁠ 🌸Krishon Warmington - Back to Roots Farm⁠ 🌸Jessica Jones - Gather Gardeners⁠ ⁠ Moderated by Angel Beyde, Director Strategic Partnerships & Eastern Outreach at EFAO, who wove together the conversation with warmth, curiosity and intention. ⁠ ⁠ Watch the full recording at the link in our bio!⁠ ⁠ Watch now at the link in our bio! _______________________⁠ ⁠ Personne ne pratique l’agriculture seul et personne ne devrait avoir à le faire.⁠ ⁠ Dans la série de webinaires « Faire tomber les barrières: cultiver la relève agricole », notre épisode sur les soutiens enveloppants explore les soutiens qui peuvent faire ou défaire les premières saisons d’un agriculteur.trice: la santé mentale, les réseaux communautaires, les conseils d’affaires, le mentorat, et plus encore.⁠ ⁠ Nous avons été rejoints par: ⁠ 🌸 Misha Shodjaee-Zrudlo - Verdant Fields Farm⁠ 🌸 Rav Singh - Shade of Miti⁠ 🌸 Krishon Warmington - Back to Roots Farm⁠ 🌸 Jessica Jones - Gather Gardeners⁠ ⁠ Modéré par Angel Beyde, directeur des partenariats stratégiques et de la sensibilisation à l’Est à l’EFAO, qui a tissé la conversation avec chaleur, curiosité et intention. ⁠ ⁠ Regardez l’enregistrement complet et voyez comment nous pouvons prendre soin des agriculteurs et les uns des autres.⁠ ⁠ Regarder dans le lien en bio!⁠ ⁠ #YoungAgrarians #FutureFarmers #BreakingBarriers #youngfarmers #NewFarmerPolicy
Ever heard of landrace crops? @cicadaseeds has the Ever heard of landrace crops? @cicadaseeds has the deets!"🌱 What is a landrace crop? A landrace is domesticated plant variety that has been adapted to its local growing environment. The environment includes the environmental conditions in a garden or region, and also the way that growers take care of the crop. Many farmers worldwide have used landraces in traditional agriculture systems since time immemorial.🌱Why start your own landrace? Landraces are adapted to your unique growing conditions, so they will usually perform the best in your garden compared to other varieties. In some cases, growers have been able to create landraces that enable them to grow a crop that they could never grow before. Like watermelons in very short seasons.🌱How to start a landrace Collect seeds from lots of different sources. It’s helpful if you can find some varieties with traits that address the issue you’re trying to solve. For example, heat-tolerant lettuce, disease-resistant tomatoes, or early maturing varieties. Mix up all the seeds, plant them, and collect the seeds, and repeat year after year.🌱What will happen? Some plants won't thrive in your garden and they won’t go on to produce seeds. That’s a good thing! Those genetics that are unfit for your context will stop there. Keep saving seeds from your whole population of plants, and eventually the plants that do the best will make up the majority of your population. They will likely mix genetics over the years depending on how outbreeding the variety is, so you’ll get new combinations of traits popping up over time. There will usually still be lots of diversity in the population over time, which enables it to continue adapting to different selection pressures as time goes on. The landrace likely won’t become entirely uniform like a variety that has been repeatedly inbred through classical breeding techniques. That diversity adds to the fun in my opinion!"#seedsaving #seeds
Young Agrarians recently spoke with Natasha Danenh Young Agrarians recently spoke with Natasha Danenhower, a Red Seal Carpenter, about her experience constructing small-scale farm infrastructure for farmers operating on leased land, using natural building approaches.⁠ ⁠ Wondering how to build farm infrastructure that can be deconstructed and moved? Or, are you curious about how buildings can be part of a climate solution, rather than part of the problem? Check out our new blog to learn about Natasha's building process and her journey into carpentry.⁠ ⁠ Natasha’s advice for ‘lease-proof’ farm infrastructure is:⁠ ⁠ 1) For short-term farmland leases, build using a modular approach and consider what you’re building as an asset to be used in future, regardless of where you’re located. Build small components that can be pieced together, and later deconstructed and moved. ⁠ ⁠ 2) For long-term leases, consider repurposing existing infrastructure on the land. To make this a possibility, prioritize building a positive and collaborative relationship with the landholder. ⁠ ⁠ 3) For any lease, consider the life cycle of the building materials you’re using – if anything changed in the future, could you use the building material for something else? Also, consider sourcing used materials to help keep the costs of construction down. You may be surprised at the places you can find locally-sourced material – don’t be afraid to reach out to people in your community and ask around! ⁠ ⁠ Learn more at the link in our bio!⁠ ⁠ Looking for land? Have land to lease? Reach out to bclmp@youngagrarians.org to learn more about how we can support through the B.C. Land Matching Program.⁠ ⁠ #bclandmatchingprogram #bclmp #growbc #bcagri #smallscalefarms
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