Posted on May 25, 2015
Name? Tristan & Aubyn Banwell Where do you farm? Spray Creek Ranch — in the rainshadow of the Coast Mountains, along the Mighty Fraser, in the Upper St’at’mic Territory, 15 km south of Lillooet, BC. What do you farm? Soil. We make money raising cattle, laying hens and meat chickens, but really we’re growing healthy,
...Continue reading →Posted on May 23, 2015
Are you interested in starting your own organic vegetable farm? Want to learn the ins and outs from a successful organic vegetable farm? We are a family farm in our 7th year of growing vegetables in the Pemberton Valley selling through 100 weekly local CSA’s and to Vancouver Farmers Markets on weekends. We are managing
...Continue reading →Posted on May 21, 2015
FoodFlicks: Spring Edition is a new event hosted by FarmFolk CityFolk, in partnership with Slow Food Okanagan and Okanagan College’s Culinary Foods Program. On June 10th join us to Celebrate the Bees – with honey-themed nibbles (from Culinary Arts Students), honey wine tastings (with Meadow Vista Honey Wines), a screening of the award-winning film ‘Queen of The
...Continue reading →Posted on May 12, 2015
Apprenticeship: Green Arrow Farm, Royston, BC Green Arrow Farm is seeking a full-time farm apprentice from May to October. I grow a 1-acre market garden on a 30 acre-farm in Royston, BC. I share the property with another farm business, Umbella Farm. We’re both founding members of the recently established Merville Organics Growers Co-op in
...Continue reading →Posted on April 30, 2015
Square Root Farm is hiring one more part time team-member to round out our crew this year. Our farm is entering it’s 10th season of production on our two-acre field just north of Victoria in Central Saanich. We are certified-organic and much of our growing techniques are adapted to our small farm footprint, which means
...Continue reading →Posted on April 21, 2015
JOB: 2015 FIELD CROP MANAGER Nanoose Edibles Farm, located between Nanaimo and Parksville on Vancouver Island, is seeking a FIELD CROP MANAGER for the 2015 season. Certified organic since 1997, the farm markets into the Nanaimo Region, Tofino/Ucluelet, local restaurants and health food stores, a CSA box program and our on-farm store. The farm is open year-round
...Continue reading →Posted on April 17, 2015
Owned and operated by Cathie Allen and Rob Borsato since 1988. We are looking for an employee to help us finish out the season from mid August to the end of October 2015. No experience is necessary, but an interest in organic gardening is an asset. There is an opportunity to learn from planting to weeding, weeding
...Continue reading →Posted on April 17, 2015
Name? Shirlene Cote Where do you farm? Earth Apple Farm, South Burnaby What do you farm? Vegetables and some fruit. What type of business structure is your farm? Sole-Proprietorship What is your land tenure? 5 Year Lease How did you seriously get into farming? I worked for social and environmental NGOs for many years with a focus on food security
...Continue reading →Posted on April 15, 2015
Name? Russell Heitzmann and Calliope Gazetas Where do you farm? Royston, in the Comox Valley just south of Courtenay. We are some of the newest members of the Merville Organics Growers Cooperative! What do you farm? Vegetables and meat chickens What type of business structure is your farm? Partnership What is your land tenure? We have a one year
...Continue reading →Posted on April 14, 2015
BC Seeds and FarmFolk CityFolk are happy to announce our 2015 Seed Mentorship Program! This program will match up new and eager seed growers with experienced seed growers throughout the province for a unique season-long Mentorship opportunity. Potential Mentors – Are you an experienced seed grower in BC and want to share your knowledge with
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