Like innovative farming? Join BCYF for their upcoming DELTA FARM TOURS, which will be held on Saturday, March 7, 2015! This tour showcases some of the most progressive young farmer operations right in your backyard (and if Delta isn’t in your backyard…we’ll get you there for free). Come and meet other young farmers from around

Originally posted at http://www.nfu.ca/blog/new-farmer-coalition-survey It should not come as a surprise that Canadian agriculture is facing a demographic crisis. In the 1930s, over thirty percent of the population was involved in food production. Today, farmers represent only 1.6 percent of the population and have an average age of 54. In 1991, the number of farmers in

Position: Organic Farm Intern Type: full-time internship with accom., monthly stipend, more (see below) Organization: The BeetBox Market Garden http://thebeetbox.ca Location: Buckingham, Quebec About the Farm: Located 3 minutes from Buckingham, QC, The BeetBox (La Boîte à Bettes) is a burgeoning certified organic, small-scale, intensive market garden only 40km from Ottawa/Gatineau. In this second year since launching, we are expanding and

Crédit: Alex Chabot, Photo prise aux Jardins de la Grelinette M’sieurs-dames, Voici les détails finaux pour l’évènement des Young Agrarians (jeunes cultivateurs) jeudi prochain, le 26 février au deuxième étage de la Coop West End Well (969 rue Wellington Ouest, Ottawa). Si vous pourriez SVP confirmer votre présence au plus tard lundi le 23 février cela

YA-lasses and gents, Here are the final dets for next Thursday’s Young Agrarians event, February 26th upstairs at the West End Well Co-op (969 Wellington Street West, Ottawa). If you can please confirm if you are coming by next Monday that will help us know numbers! If you say you are on the fb event, we’ll take

Land Linking Session and Farmer Social – Comox Valley Saturday, March 14, 2015, 1:00-9:00PM, Merville Hall REGISTER (Free) for Comox Valley Land Linking here: http://landlinkingcomoxvalley.brownpapertickets.com  Want Land? Got Land? Are you a farmer looking for land? Are you a landowner looking for farmers? We Want You! Join us for a workshop on the nuts and bolts

 Name? Emily Whitfield Where do you farm? Granite Bay Farm, on Quadra Island, BC. What do you farm? Mixed veggies, eggs, and lamb. What type of business structure is your farm? Sole proprietorship. What is your land tenure? My husband and I own an old homestead on the North end of Quadra Island. I am also

Names? Tristan Cavers, Michelle Tsutsumi, Kelsey Snelgrove, Paul Matheson, Annelise Grube-Cavers Where do you farm? Chase, BC What do you farm? Mixed vegetables from A to Z, with the historical staple crops being sweet corn and strawberries. We also raise animals for our own meat and dairy needs, in addition to selling eggs and pork.

Name? Brianna van de Wijngaard Where do you farm? Williams Lake, BC What do you farm? Approx. 25 different vegetable crops on multiple urban plots. What type of business structure is your farm? Sole proprietorship. What is your land tenure? Lease-based; It’s all independent: I draft and sign a MOU with each landowner. Currently, they are

Are you a food lover and/or farmer in Alberta? Join us for a Young Agrarians Mixer in Beaumont, Alberta on February 27th at 6:00pm. Expect fun, friends, and food. Organized as part of the 2015 Organic Alberta Conference and with Alberta Food Matters, we’re looking forward to bringing together a group of thoughtful agrarians of