Blog Category: Quebec

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 →

FARM JOB: Wakefield, QC – Ferme Lève-tôt, Farm Workers

Posted by Lourdes Still on February 05, 2025

The Ferme Lève-tôt Farm in Wakefield, Quebec is seeking Farm Workers, Crew Leaders and Field Managers! ABOUT Ferme Lève-tôt Ferme Lève-tôt is a certified organic vegetable farm located in Quebec’s Outaouais region in operation since 2010. Our mission is to produce high quality certified organic vegetables using environmentally and socially sustainable methods and to provide a right livelihood and delicious veggies for our family, workers and community. We market our vegetables through a community supported agriculture program and a busy farmer’s market. We use a combination of mechanical, draft horse- and human-powered cultivation techniques on a terrain of 5 acres … Continue reading FARM JOB: Wakefield, QC – Ferme Lève-tôt, Farm Workers →

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: Wakefield, QC – Ferme et Foret, Ecological Farm Worker

Posted by JoHana Harcourt on May 03, 2024

Ferme et Foret in Wakefield, Quebec is seeking an Ecological Farm Worker! ABOUT Ferme et Foret Our farm is a hybrid that is about 50% maple, 25% prepared food, 10% cultivated crops, 10% wild harvested crops, and 5% livestock. In addition to tapping about 2800 trees and making maple syrup, butter, sugar, and candy, we also produce granola and a few others prepared food products; grow asparagus, garlic, berries, and shiitake mushrooms; harvest wild apples, nettle, sumac, plums, and herbs for teas; and keep a flock of laying hens. We are located in the rolling Gatineau Hills north of Ottawa, … Continue reading FARM JOB: Wakefield, QC – Ferme et Foret, Ecological Farm Worker →

FARM JOB: Farrellton, Quebec – Rock’s End Farm, Grazing Assistant

Posted by JoHana Harcourt on January 30, 2024

Rock’s End Farm in Farrellton, Quebec is seeking a Regenerative Grazing Assistant! ABOUT Rock’s End Farm Rock’s End Farm is a 300-acre, certified organic farm located in the heart of the Gatineau Hills in west Quebec. We raise Icelandic sheep for wool and meat, beef cattle, pastured pork, pastured poultry, and horses. This job is a great opportunity for somebody looking to deepen their knowledge of livestock management, grazing management, grazing systems development, transformation of livestock products (meats/wool) and direct-to-consumer marketing channels. You can read more about our farm on our website or check out our farm Facebook and Instagram … Continue reading FARM JOB: Farrellton, Quebec – Rock’s End Farm, Grazing Assistant →

FILLED – FARM JOB: Wakefield, Quebec – Ferme et Foret, Ecological Farm Helper

Posted by JoHana Harcourt on July 27, 2023

This position has been filled. View more Farm Jobs and Apprenticeships on our Job Board —————————————————————————————————————- Ferme et Forêt in Wakefield, Quebec is seeking an Ecological Farm Helper! ABOUT Ferme et Foret We produce maple syrup, eggs, log-grown shiitake mushrooms, berries, garlic, asparagus, wild foods, and prepared food. We are on a 150 acres farm of mixed fields and forest. We don’t use a ton of machinery but have a tractor, ATV, truck, wood splitter, and all the equipment necessary for maple syrup production. We sell at a farmstand, a local farmers market, online,  and at several nearby stores. We … Continue reading FILLED – FARM JOB: Wakefield, Quebec – Ferme et Foret, Ecological Farm Helper →

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 →