All posts by Alyssa Belter

About Alyssa Belter

Alyssa Belter is a writer, trained cheese-maker, certified Red Seal cook, and one-half of Plenty Wild Farms.

FARM JOB: PEMBERTON, BC – PLENTY WILD FARMS, 2024 FARM CREW

Posted by Alyssa Belter on February 20, 2024

Are you passionate about good food? Do you want to make a difference through farming & environmental stewardship? Plenty Wild Farms in Pemberton, BC is looking for two more folks to be part of our Farm Crew for the 2024 season & beyond. Come join our team! ABOUT PLENTY WILD FARMS We are a small, certified organic farm dedicated to growing top-quality produce for our local communities. 2024 will be our 12th year in operation and we plan to grow 50+ different types of vegetables on ~4 acres. These veggies will be sold through our online store, farm stand and … Continue reading FARM JOB: PEMBERTON, BC – PLENTY WILD FARMS, 2024 FARM CREW

FARM JOB: PEMBERTON, BC – PLENTY WILD FARMS, FARM CREW

Posted by Alyssa Belter on March 01, 2023

Are you passionate about good food? Do you want to make a difference through farming & environmental stewardship? Plenty Wild Farms in Pemberton, BC is looking for two more folks to be part of our Farm Crew for the 2023 season & beyond. Come join our team! ABOUT PLENTY WILD FARMS We are a small, certified organic farm dedicated to growing top-quality produce for our local communities. 2023 will be our 11th year in operation and we plan to grow 50+ different types of vegetables on ~4 acres. These veggies will be sold through our online store, farm stand and … Continue reading FARM JOB: PEMBERTON, BC – PLENTY WILD FARMS, FARM CREW

FARM JOBS: Pemberton, BC – Plenty Wild Farms, 2022 Post-Harvest Lead & Field Crew Member

Posted by Alyssa Belter on March 06, 2022

Are you looking to get started in farming or hone your existing skills on an experienced, organized organic vegetable farm? Plenty Wild Farms in Pemberton, BC is looking for one more Field Crew member and a Post-Harvest Lead for the 2022 season & beyond. Come join our team! ABOUT PLENTY WILD FARMS We are a small, certified organic farm dedicated to growing top-quality produce for our local communities. 2022 will be our 10th year in operation and we plan to grow 50+ different types of vegetables on ~3.5 acres. These veggies will be sold through our online store, farm stand … Continue reading FARM JOBS: Pemberton, BC – Plenty Wild Farms, 2022 Post-Harvest Lead & Field Crew Member

FARM JOBS: Pemberton, BC – Plenty Wild Farms, 2021 Field Lead & Crew

Posted by Alyssa Belter on January 06, 2021

Plenty Wild Farms in Pemberton, BC is looking for Field Crew members and a Field Lead for the 2021 season & beyond. Come join our team! ABOUT Plenty Wild Farms Plenty Wild Farms is a small-scale, certified organic farm committed to providing high-quality veggies to our local communities though our farm stand in Pemberton, an online store and the Squamish farmers’ market. The farm was established in 2013 and this year we plan to grow over 50 different types of vegetables on ~3.5 acres. We are passionate about good food, strong communities, environmental sustainability and soil health. Our farm is … Continue reading FARM JOBS: Pemberton, BC – Plenty Wild Farms, 2021 Field Lead & Crew

FARM JOBS: Pemberton, BC – Plenty Wild Farms, Organic Farm Workers 2020

Posted by Alyssa Belter on January 02, 2020

Interested in learning the ins and outs of running a profitable market garden business? Plenty Wild Farms in Pemberton, BC is seeking farm workers for the 2020 season! ABOUT US Plenty Wild Farms is a small-scale, certified organic farm committed to providing high-quality veggies for our local community through farmers’ markets in Squamish & Whistler and our farm stand in Pemberton. We grow over 40 different varieties of vegetables on 2.5 acres using a compact tractor, BCS, other small hand tools & equipment and systems that focus on efficiency, productivity & soil health. Our farm is a positive, well-run, organized and safe place … Continue reading FARM JOBS: Pemberton, BC – Plenty Wild Farms, Organic Farm Workers 2020

FARM JOB: Pemberton, BC – Plenty Wild Farms, Organic Veggie Farm Worker 2019

Posted by Alyssa Belter on February 03, 2019 2 Comments

Interested in learning the ins and outs of how to run a profitable market garden business? Join our team for the 2019 farm season! ABOUT US Plenty Wild Farms is a small-scale, certified organic farm committed to providing high-quality veggies for our local community through farmers’ markets in Squamish & Whistler and our farm stand in Pemberton. We grow over 40 different varieties of vegetables on 2.5 acres using a compact tractor, BCS, other small hand tools & equipment and systems that focus on efficiency, productivity & soil health. Our farm is a positive, well-run, organized and safe place to work. … Continue reading FARM JOB: Pemberton, BC – Plenty Wild Farms, Organic Veggie Farm Worker 2019

FARM JOB: PEMBERTON, BC – Plenty Wild Farms 2018

Posted by Alyssa Belter on December 05, 2017

Plenty Wild Farms Harvesting Kale

Plenty Wild Farms in Pemberton, BC is seeking a passionate & hard working farm worker to join their team for the 2018 farm season!  ABOUT PLENTY WILD FARMS We are passionate young farmers who are committed to sustainable agriculture. Our 10 acre certified organic farm is surrounded by mountains in the beautiful Pemberton Valley of BC. We grow over 40 different types of veggies on 2.5 acres and have just planted a 1 acre apple orchard. Produce is sold through two local farmers’ markets and at our farm stand. Find out more about us here: http://www.plentywild.ca FARM JOB DESCRIPTION Duration: May 1st, 2018 to October 13th, … Continue reading FARM JOB: PEMBERTON, BC – Plenty Wild Farms 2018

Business Mentorship Network – Alyssa & David, Plenty Wild Farms

Posted by Alyssa Belter on April 03, 2017

Plenty Wild Farms Greenhouses piled with white snow against purple pemberton mountains

We are David and Alyssa of Plenty Wild Farms – we are part of the Young Agrarians Business Mentorship Network and are working with Chris Bodnar, our mentor from Close to Home Organics. We feel incredibly fortunate to receive mentorship support – thank you Young Agrarians! The primary goal for our mentorship this season is to prepare Plenty Wild Farms for the birth of our first child in June (model timing, am I right?). In a normal season, Alyssa works full-time on the farm – in the field managing day-to-day operations, at a desk bookkeeping and on the road marketing. Frankly, her … Continue reading Business Mentorship Network – Alyssa & David, Plenty Wild Farms

FARM JOB: Plenty Wild Farms – Pemberton, BC

Posted by Alyssa Belter on December 12, 2016

farm job harvesting carrots plenty wild farm

F/T Farm Job  Location: Pemberton, B.C. Duration: Start of May until mid-October, 2017; ~40 hours/week, 5 days/week About Plenty Wild Farms We are a small-scale, Certified Organic farm in our 5th year of operation. Our focus is on growing a wide variety of high-quality vegetables, which we sell directly from the farm and through local farmers’ markets. We also have a small but steadily expanding flock of Clun Forest sheep. Farm Job Description You are a hard-working, self-motivated person who takes pride in doing their job well. You can work comfortably by yourself or with others in a fast-paced environment. … Continue reading FARM JOB: Plenty Wild Farms – Pemberton, BC

Business Mentorship – Lessons Learned: Plenty Wild Farms

Posted by Alyssa Belter on December 08, 2016

We are Alyssa Belter & David Tanner of Plenty Wild Farms in Pemberton, B.C. Our mentor for the Young Agrarians Business Mentorship Program was Chris Bodnar of Close to Home Organics. Our original goal for this mentorship was to develop two business plans – one for a livestock/dairy operation and the other for a cheese-making operation – to see if either would be viable and at what scale. Using a template and list of questions we formulated with Chris, we began our research on the livestock/dairy operation – gathering information from online sources, reading books and contacting established farm operations in … Continue reading Business Mentorship – Lessons Learned: Plenty Wild Farms