Blog Category: Maritimes

March 19, 2025: ONLINE – Grazing for Beginners: Starting Your Ranching Journey

Posted by Waranuch on February 24, 2025

Are you eager to start your journey as a rancher but unsure where to begin? Do you have countless questions about grazing and land management? If you are a first-generation rancher looking for practical guidance, this online event is for you! Join us for a live session with Shayne Blosky of Double S Ranch Cattle Co and Cody Spencer, Bison Rancher and Land Steward, as they share valuable insights into ranching and sustainable grazing. In this session, you will learn: The fundamentals of becoming a rancher and starting your operation About rotational grazing and soil health management  The impact of … Continue reading March 19, 2025: ONLINE – Grazing for Beginners: Starting Your Ranching Journey →

MAR 5, 2025: ONLINE – GROWING KNOWLEDGE & ADAPTATION SUPPORTS

Posted by Melana Roberts on December 20, 2024

CURIOUS ABOUT FARMER MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS? LOOKING FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR YOUR FARM? UNSURE WHERE TO START? JOIN THE CONVERSATION! With approximately ⅔ of new farmers in Canada not coming from family farm backgrounds, many have limited access to inter-generational knowledge. making it tougher to  weather unpredictable weather changes, assess soil conditions, predict market demands and volatility, and adapt. This capacity is essential for new farmers, many of which have limited access to capital and access to land, to stay afloat in a changing agricultural landscape. In this final instalment of the Breaking Barriers: Growing Future Farmers Webinar Series, we will … Continue reading MAR 5, 2025: ONLINE – GROWING KNOWLEDGE & ADAPTATION SUPPORTS →

FEB 12, 2025: ONLINE – ACCESSING CAPITAL

Posted by Melana Roberts on December 20, 2024

LOOKING FOR OPERATING CAPITAL? WANT TO UNDERSTAND FARM CAPITAL IN CANADA? INTERESTED IN NEW APPROACHES TO ACCESS FUNDING FOR FARMING? In Canada, the agricultural sector is at a crossroads, with new, young, and underrepresented farmers facing significant challenges to accessing the capital needed to succeed. The third installment of the “Breaking Barriers: Growing Future Farmers” webinar series will shine a light on this critical issue, emphasizing the need for comprehensive support to empower the next generation of farmers. At the heart of the struggle for many aspiring farmers is the concept of market failure in Canadian agriculture. Market failure is … Continue reading FEB 12, 2025: ONLINE – ACCESSING CAPITAL →

Jan 15, 2025: ONLINE – Farmer Wrap Around Supports

Posted by Melana Roberts on December 20, 2024

NEED MORE SUPPORT? TRYING TO NAVIGATE EVERYDAY CHALLENGES, LIKE ACCESS TO HOUSING, LABOUR, CAPITAL AND LAND? WANT TO KNOW WHAT OTHER FARMERS ARE DOING? JOIN US TO FIND OUT! As the agricultural landscape evolves, so too does the need for innovative responses to support new, young, and underrepresented farmers. This second instalment of the “Breaking Barriers: Growing Future Farmers” series sheds light on the role wrap-around support programs can play to tackle and reduce the challenges new and young farmers face. These complex challenges impact new farmers across the country, and the compounding weight of barriers—access to capital, land, labour … Continue reading Jan 15, 2025: ONLINE – Farmer Wrap Around Supports →

NOV 13, 2024: ONLINE – Land Access: Strategies and Stories

Posted by Melana Roberts on October 22, 2024

TROUBLE ACCESSING LAND? CURIOUS ABOUT LAND ACCESS MODELS? If you’re a new farmer and want to learn land access strategies, this webinar is for you! Help grow the national conversation on land access for new farmers! Land access is one of the biggest challenges new and young farmers face. With over 40% of Canadian farmers retiring by 2033 (RBC, 2023), and growing land speculation across the country, stable access to growing space and farmland is increasingly difficult. Many established farmers need to use their farmland to fund retirement, creating further pressure on land prices with a 51% increase over the … Continue reading NOV 13, 2024: ONLINE – Land Access: Strategies and Stories →

FARM JOB: Sussex, New Brunswick – Value Jack Farms, Farm Worker

Posted by JoHana Harcourt on June 17, 2024

Value Jack Farms in Sussex, New Brunswick is seeking a Farm Worker! ABOUT Value Jack Farms Value Jack Farms is a remote farm which grows wild red raspberries, hot peppers, and Christmas trees. The staff will be using shovels, drills, hammers, and chain saws. Products will be shipped to Ontario and Quebec for sale or will be sold farmgate and at farmer’s markets. At Value Jack Farms, we try to assist less fortunate people in the community. We often hire homeless people, make food donations to homeless shelters and women’s centres, and support women’s rights projects. DESIRED QUALITIES The person … Continue reading FARM JOB: Sussex, New Brunswick – Value Jack Farms, Farm Worker →

COPING WITH FARMING STRESS: RESEARCH FINDINGS

Posted by JoHana Harcourt on June 09, 2023

Farming can be challenging – and while the conversation around mental health in agriculture is not a new one, the COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the importance of opening up these conversations and mobilizing our resources to provide increased mental health supports in agriculture.  If you’re wondering what other farmers are experiencing – and how they are coping, a recent study from researchers Rochelle Thompson, Dr. Briana Hagen, Dr. Andria Jones-Bitton shines light on the topic through interviews with 75 farmers and industry professionals in Ontario. Read on to learn about their findings! Seeing the forest for the trees One of … Continue reading COPING WITH FARMING STRESS: RESEARCH FINDINGS →

June 15, 2023: ONLINE – Holistic Management for New Farmers

Posted by Alex on June 06, 2023 2 Comments

Are you excited about regenerative agriculture? Do you want to nerd out on grazing with others? Do you wonder if you’ll ever be able to achieve farm-work-life balance? Then this introductory online event is perfect for you! We’ll look at how farmers are regenerating the ecology and improving communities through land management. Join Dana Penrice, a Holistic Management educator, to learn how to apply the principles of holistic management from the perspective of a new farmer. We will talk about how to ensure that economic, ecological and social considerations can be woven in to farm planning. You’ll also learn about … Continue reading June 15, 2023: ONLINE – Holistic Management for New Farmers →

Accessing the On-Farm Climate Action Fund

Posted by Dana Penrice on April 03, 2023

The federal government has created the OFCAF program to help farmers tackle climate change. This is a great opportunity for new farmers to access funding for infrastructure, consultation and management practices. The objective of the Fund is to support farmers in adopting beneficial management practices (BMPs) that store carbon and reduce greenhouse gases, specifically in the areas of: Nitrogen management, examples include costs associated with: consulting, agronomic services and creating fertility plans soil testing and mapping applying manure and composts (potential for equipment costs) planting legumes Cover cropping, examples include costs associated with: consulting, agronomic services and creating cover cropping … Continue reading Accessing the On-Farm Climate Action Fund →

Mar 14 – May 2: ONLINE – Holistic Management Fundamentals & Grazing Planning

Posted by Dana Penrice on March 07, 2023

Learn Holistic Management from the comfort of your computer. This modular series of live online sessions will get you ready for the upcoming grazing season. Get grounded in the fundamentals of Holistic Management and design your grazing plan for the 2023 growing season. Do you want to nerd out on grazing with others? Do you struggle with the farm-work-life balance? Are you just excited about regenerative ag? If so, then this course series is for you! Discover tools to design your farm to generate wealth (both financial and non-financial) for your family and community through improved land management. Whether you … Continue reading Mar 14 – May 2: ONLINE – Holistic Management Fundamentals & Grazing Planning →