When: June 18, 4 – 10 PM *Special Note*: Please do not bring your dogs to the event as we have on-farm animals that could be disturbed by unfamiliar dogs. Where: 4 PM – Farm tour starts at 1346 Mountain View Road, Armstrong. Meet the pigs, chickens, and see how Fresh Valley Farms functions. 6

Grassroots Family Farm is a unique diversified 250 acre farm that functions like an ecosystem. Come and see its interconnected sources of revenue AND resilience: Treatment-free honeybees Thriving forest gardens of fruits and nuts Market gardens where pigs till and chickens weed Solar water pumping and gravity irrigation system Grass-fed beef, milk-fed pork and forest-fed

We are excited to be teaming up with Redtail Farms for a full weekend devoted to the ecological land managers and change makers on the prairies. When: May 28 & 29, 2016 Where: Redtail Farms 3 km south of Castor, Alberta on Range Road 142 (First farm on west side of the road) What: Join

Join the Farm Land Trust Society (Greater Victoria) for a planting work party at the historic Newman Farm in Central Saanich from 10:00 am—1:00 pm.  When: Saturday May 28, 2016 10:00AM-1:00PM Where: 8073 Old V&S Rd, Central Saanich, BC (map) Feel like getting your hands in the dirt for a great cause? Come volunteer for the

CALLING ALL LOCAL FARMERS AND FOOD LOVERS: Join Southlands Heritage Farm, Young Agrarians and Vancouver Urban Farming Society for a farmers market followed by a make-your-own-pizza night. Farmers are invited to sell farm-fresh goods at Southlands Heritage Farm’s Salmon Berry Day of celebration Farmer’s Market. Food-lovers and farm-supporters are invited to come and enjoy the market, community fun and potluck! Bring ingredients

People in the Comox Valley are eager to buy more locally-grown farm products. On Saturday May 14 from 1-5 PM, the Cumberland Community Schools Society is hosting a Growing for Market Workshop. Participants will learn how to run a profitable business growing fresh vegetables without a lot of land or expensive equipment. When: Saturday May

Farmsteading 101; An intensive workshop in the lovely Slocan Valley, with Verge Permaculture, Brought to you by The West Kootenay Permaculture Co-op , (your friends at Kootenay Food!) Workshop Friday & Saturday May 13+14 Rob & Michelle Avis own & operate two successful businesses: Verge Permaculture & Adaptive Habitat. They are not farmers, but have

Join us for a potluck to share delicious food and meet fellow farmers and food lovers interested in sustainable farming in the Sundre area. Learn about Young Agrarians and what its up to in Alberta. When: Friday, May 13th | 6pm – 9pm What to Bring: Bring your best potluck dish, bring your story about sustainable food and farming

SPEC (The Society Promoting Environmental Conservation) and YA are getting set to launch a project called ‘Climate Change Adaptation for Small-Scale Farmers’, the goal of which is to contribute extension materials and expertise around farmer-identified issues related to climate change and growing food in urban and peri-urban farms around Metro- Vancouver. We will engage farmers

The Agriculture Centre of Excellence at the University of the Fraser Valley is hosting a Food Processing Forum on April 26th from 1-3pm at UFV in Abbotsford. The forum will provide information about: new supplier opportunities for organic and conventionally farmed produce; the Global Food Safety Standard Initiative; CFIA standard guidelines on packaging; “Buy Local’ funding opportunities; an