WHEN: August 7, 2016, 4-8PM WHERE: Thistle Farm – 710 Dairy Road, Kamloops, BC  Join YA for a tour of Thistle Farm, 7-acre organic vegetable farm in Kamloops. The evening will start with a farm tour by owner/operator Dieter Dudy, followed by a potluck and Q&A session. The tour will stop by the farm shop and wash

When: September 10, 2016, 4:00PM-Midnight Join us for Golden Ears Farm’s annual Corn Roast & YA Farm Tour! Golden Ears will deliver on their name and provide delicious sweet corn on the cob – the rest is potluck. There will also be spit-roasted pork available at $5 per person until it runs out. Please bring a dish to share and the

IOPA is no longer accepting applications for this position. Islands Organic Producers Association (IOPA) has posted a new marketing position for Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands region. About IOPA The Islands Organic Producers Association is a community of island farmers committed to organic agriculture. IOPA was founded in 1990 as a non-profit association and is a

Join us for a farm tour & potluck at Alderlea Farm! Alderlea is a mixed Biodynamic farm with a CSA market garden and a farm-to-table cafe. Farmers John & Katy Elrich are inviting Young Agrarians of all ages (young at heart, young in age, etc.) to tour their amazing farm, followed by a potluck and Q&A session. When: Wednesday,

The 18th annual BC Food Systems Network Gathering will be July 15 – 17, 2016 in Syilx Territory at the En’owkin Centre near Penticton, BC Each year since 1999 the BC Food Systems Network has gathered somewhere in BC to share knowledge, experience, and wisdom from the grassroots. This annual Gathering is a celebration of

Celebrate Summer Solstice with Golden Ears Farm and The Metro Gnomes — a gnomely mix of folk music and gypsy jazz tunes! $10 per person Check out the Facebook event here. LOCAL DELICIOUSNESS ON TAP: Crannóg Ales‘ “Suspect Device,” “Backhand of God” & “Handtruck Porter” for $2/cup and Sunnybrae Winery Siegriebe as well!

Wednesday, August 17 from 4:00-6:00PM Amara Farm – 2641 Kirby Road (map) Join us for a sweet, salty and slightly sour Potluck & FermentTour at Amara Farm on a Wednesday afternoon. Put down your mobile electric fences, hoes, doff the work gloves and fancy up for a field-to-flavour sensation! Live Fermentation Demos! Join two experienced fermenters

Southern BC: It’s a question that stumps many of us, from farmers to food policy makers to farmers’ market fans: how do we get more farmers on farmland when land prices are so high? Farmland access and land management are hot topics in British Columbia. A fresh-off-the-press report by FarmFolk CityFolk, CRFAIR, Young Agrarians and Deer Crossing the Art Farm

Come have fun and develop hands-on experience with Richard Walker, one of Canada’s most experienced forest gardeners at Clear Sky Center‘s one-acre cold climate food forest, just 35 minutes from Cranbrook, and 50 minutes from Fernie, BC. Learning Outcomes 5 things you’ll take away with you from this workshop: how to properly plant trees how

UPDATE: Wild Salmon Caravan – Request for donations of food The Wild Salmon Caravan (WSC) is fast approaching and we are looking for donations of food to be shared with all 10 communities who are hosting dinners, lunches or breakfasts for the caravan, as it travels from Mount Robson to Victoria during the week of