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The Farmland Protection Coalition and the University of Victoria Environmental Law Centre welcome you to join us for an evening of ideas and action to protect the future of food, farming and the Agricultural Land Reserve: Tuesday, February 4 @ 7pm University of Victoria Hickman Building Rm 105 All Welcome, featuring: Deborah Curran, UVic Faculty of

Cowichan Valley: Windhorse Farm Apprenticeship – 2014 Windhorse Farm is certified organic (IOPA #1902) and certified with the BCSPCA. The farm is a cow/calf to finished beef operation, all grass-fed/finished which sells top quality beef by-the-cut primarily to  retail customers via the web. The home farm property is 15 acres (the balance of the farm is

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Position: Organic Farming Internships in Ontario Type: Full-time seasonal – for more details see the farm descriptions below Organization: CRAFT SW Ontario (www.craftontario.ca) Location: Southwestern Ontario If you’re ready for a full, hands-on experience that will immerse you in ecological farming then you’ve come to the right place. CRAFT Ontario is your gateway

Farm Folk City Folk’s Community Farms Program (CFP) is pleased to be hosting the 6th Community Farms Roundtable this February 20 and 21 at O.U.R. Ecovillage in Shawnigan Lake.  The goals of the CFP are to support the establishment of alternative forms of land ownership, to ensure our agricultural lands remain in production in perpetuity,

APPLY NOW! The Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network (ACORN)’s Grow A Farmer Apprenticeship Program is now accepting applications for the 2014 season. “Collaborating with a diverse team of ten long-standing, certified-organic ‘host-farms’, this curriculum-guided, farm-based program offers 6-month intensive placements–from May to October–for people who are pursuing a career in organic agriculture,” states Lucia Stephen,

Young Agrarians is thrilled to host Jean Martin Fortier for a five stop workshop tour around BC. Please help us get the word out! THE WORKSHOP: Six Figure Farming for Small Plots: how you can start a market garden and make it both productive and profitable— without a large acreage or big capital outlay! “If you’re serious

SOIL Apprenticeships links Canadian farmers willing to take on and train apprentices with people wanting to work and learn on an organic farm using sustainable practices. Our site cooperates with 75 farms across the country, including the three awesome ones featured in this post.

POSITIONS HAVE NOW BEEN FILLED! Thanks for reading! Have a great 2014 season! Vancouver BC: Victory Gardens is growing and the season is right around the corner, that’s why we need you! We’re looking for some stellar new team members to help us in both paid and volunteer positions! If you would like to be

WE LOVE Linnaea Farm! Check out their summer education offerings featuring Adam Schick, Liz Richardson, Brent Howieson, and Oliver Kellhammer May 16-25 or June 6-15, 2014  This spring at Linnaea Farm we will be offering two 10-day short programs to inoculate you with the ideas and techniques to get your garden growing.  Covering such topics as:  Sense

Vancouver Island – we’re so excited to organize a young farmer mixer for early Spring! Help us get the word out that we’re looking for an event coordinator to organize it! More info below: BC Young Agrarians Young Agrarians (YA), a partnership with FarmFolk CityFolk, is focused on growing the next generation of ecological farmers