Posted on May 28, 2015
Pierre-Olivier Brassard, organic certified family farmer located in the province of Québec, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. Cultivating on a one hectare CSA farm, feeding 150 families throughout 15 weeks with 45 vegetables varieties in average each season within a bio-intensive model. Member of the Union Paysanne’s international committee and coordination committee. I started my agricultural career when I was 13 years
...Continue reading →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 May 5, 2015
The Farm Apprentices and Workers Network is delighted and super-duper pleased to announce its first gathering on May 17, at Four Seasons Farm in Maitland, NS! What: Hügelbed Hootenany, Potluck and Farm Tour (Facebook event) When: May 17, 2015 (Sunday), 11:00-15:00 Where: Four Seasons Farm, 8244 Hwy 215, Maitland, Nova Scotia (Map) What you should
...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 28, 2015
Hey friends, let’s hangout some more! We’re gonna eat and chat and sing and make beautiful springtime melodies together at the West End Well in Ottawa May 10th at 5:30pm. Check out the Facebook event. Salut la gang, on veut se revoir! On va manger et jaser et chanter et créer des belles mélodies printanières
...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
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