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Celebrate 2015 as the International Year of Soils! From Deborah Koons Garcia, the director that brought you “The Future of Food”, the “Symphony of the Soil” is a film that explores the mutuality between soil, water, humans, plants and animals. Symphony of the Soil will be presented Thursday, March 19 at 7pm at the Schubert Centre by Allan Brooks Nature

Seeking an apprentice for the 2015 growing season, from May through October. Slow Train Farm is small family farm which grows over an acre of vegetable crops and staple foods for their family. Their primary markets are the Quesnel and Williams Lake Farmers’ Markets and a weekly CSA vegetable bin delivery in Williams Lake. Time

ARE YOU READY TO FULFILL YOUR DREAM OF BECOMING A FARMER? Learn from local organizations how to connect your farm to schools and restaurants, how the city of Kamloops supports young farmers, and the local groups that work to support your business. We’re also hosting workshops on land linking and business planning for new farmers.

Zócalo Organics is seeking motivated, humble, and passionate individuals to join us this coming season at our organic community farm. Position: Farm Intern/ Learning Exchange Type: Internship with food, accom., stipend (see below) Website: zocaloorganics.ca   Location: in Hillsburgh, Ontario.  Close to Guelph, Fergus, Orangeville, and Erin, and 1 hour from Toronto. We offer several Internship/Volunteer positions: Our FULL SEASON internship program runs from April 12-November

The Vancouver Urban Farming Society is hosting a CSA Talk Shop on March 18. Are you starting your first CSA operation? Or maybe you want to improve your CSA management? Gain new customers? Improve efficiency? This CSA “talk shop” is an opportunity for urban farmers, new and established, to come together to talk about CSAs. Share

Name? Colleen Popyk Where do you farm? Darn Tootin Farm near Prospect Lake on Vancouver Island What do you farm? Here I farm certified organic vegetables. What type of business structure is your farm? I run my business solo and sell only at one farmer’s market (Moss St. Market) in Victoria. What is your land tenure? I have a

Do you ever wonder how we, as consumers, can be more aware and responsible about the meat we eat? What can farmers do to sustainably increase their production and provide more local meat to the region? How can funders and policy makers help facilitate and support the changes necessary to increase production in our region?

Calling all farmers and friends of farmers! If you are currently farming, want to be a farmer, or have recently exited farming, we need to hear from you! Please take a few minutes to complete this survey to support the next generation of farmers in Canada: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/newfarmersurvey The National New Farmer Coalition and the University

Name? Robin Sturley Where do you farm? Merville, Comox Valley, BC What do you farm? One acre of organic vegetables What type of business structure is your farm? I run a sole proprietorship, Green Arrow Farm, which is a member of the Merville Organics Growers Co-op (registered co-op in BC). What is your land tenure? I

Welcome to Aurora Gardens! They are looking for apprentices/ helpers from March 15 /April 1st and onwards until the end of November (weather dependent). They prefer Helpers who can stay for at least 8 weeks, though depending on needs and the time of year will consider a shorter stay. Aurora Gardens is a small organic