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The farm touring, skills sharing, weed dating, potluck season is upon us. Each week there are young agrarians potlucks in different locations around the Southern half of the province. It’s like tomatoes or potatoes or nasturtium volunteering in the garden – events are popping up everywhere as young farmers build community! We hope one day there

Edible Earth Seeds is an organic vegetable seed company based in the Cowichan Valley. Our mission is to support food sovereignty on Vancouver Island through the stewardship of open-pollinated seed varieties that are well-adapted to our bio-region. I began learning about seeds during my first farm apprenticeship in 2009, and I soon became convinced that

Seeking an onsite organic farm manager to care for approximately 4 acres of vegetables, fruit trees, and berries, The farm manager will be offered a trailer to live on site with lots of space, running water, electricity, kitchen, and other modern comforts  Produce will be sold at a weekly farmer’s market and also at the entrance

Young Farmies: The Homestead Organic Farm in Peachland is finally getting around to hosting a potluck. You are invited. Sunday June 2. Say, 5:30 pm for the tour, 6:30 for dinner? Directions at thehomesteadorganicfarm.ca. If you’re coming, please let us know! You can use this handy form at our website to do so. No bringing salad

Hey Agrarians! It’s going to be a beautiful day and night at Golden Ears Community Farm in Chase BC. Sunday, May 5th, 2013 A fabulous crew of young farmers are kicking the event off with a day time farm tour, dinner time potluck and evening time music in their events space. Farm Tour: 3pm Potluck:

Young agrarians are coming out of the wood work on Vancouver Island to host events! Potluck season is kicking off and we’re excited for lots of farm tours, skills shares, bonfires, eating together and networking up. Here’s our next gathering: Grassi Point Farm in Royston is pleased to host y’all in Comox Valley on Sunday

YOUNG AGRARIANS ECOLOGICAL LIVING / PERMACULTURE MEET-UP AT O.U.R. Ecovillage With Music and Fermentation – let’s get bubbling! Friday, April 26, 2013 2-4pm         Farm Tour 4-5:30pm   Free Fermentation Course with the infamous ‘Ini’, teaching in O.U.R. Zero Mile Eatery 5:30-7:30   Potluck and Networking: Please bring a dish to share and tools

We’re excited to kick off our 2013 Lower Mainland farm & potluck series collaboration with Vancouver Urban Farming Society: bring your friends, family & loved ones- let’s feed each other! Tour: 5-6pm SOLEFood Street Farms @ corner of Pacific & Carrall Potluck: 6-9pm The Hive, 128 W. Hastings, Suite 210 (not #201 as on poster

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                                                                                                                       April 17, 2013 Today, the NFU joins its’ sister organization La Via Campesina- the international movement of small farmers- to commemorate the 1996 massacre of 19 landless Brazilian farmers who were demanding access to land and justice. “We honor their sacrifice by relentlessly continuing our work to reclaim food systems from global

Groundswell Network Society – Sustainability Internships Groundswell Network Society, located in Invermere, British Columbia seeks  candidates for a Senior and two Junior Sustainability Internship positions beginning in April/May/June 2013.  For over a decade, Groundswell’s Internship Program remains an integral part of our Community Programming and enables our organization to achieve its program objectives related to