Essays and Opinions

Photos of: Asivak Koostachin, Hasi Eldib, Morgan Eichwald, Ian Giesbrecht and Obang Seungyeon at O.U.R. Ecovillage. Sara Dent coordinates Young Agrarians, loves growing food and can’t wait to find land one day. All opinions are her own… Its been a big year. Young Agrarians has turned from a seed into many plants as we work with more and

When you think of farming in BC, what comes to mind? Maybe you have visions of apples and wine in the Okanagan, blueberries and poultry in the Fraser Valley, or even artisanal cheese and market gardens on Vancouver Island. More often than not, the north and central interior of the province is not part of

I often tell people that the dream for Yummy Yards started on a beautiful sunny day, weeding a vegetable patch at Southlands Farm. Indeed in many ways it did… However in reality, it is a culmination of all of my previous experiences that has given me the love, heart and courage to embark on this

For part 1 go here One of the oldest challenges facing all communities, but particularly larger cities, is how do we get all the things we need into the community and effectively deal with getting the waste or unwanted byproducts back out of the community? If there is a serious failure to create and regulate

Why do my partner Nick and I want to grow food in cities? Why have we started a business that lenders and investors struggle to understand and for which there are no existing models or precedents for us to draw from as we plan?  And why are we so passionate about this apparently quixotic vision?

I’m Adam. So… conversation starters?  I talk to plants. For half of the world’s population, this is not at all unusual, commonplace, even. And most of us, I think, secretly harbor some kind of fairy-dust eye-of-newt moist-root instinct, as if we want so badly to believe in what seems too irrational to give any heed

Hello, my name is Andrew Heneghan, and I’m a new contributor with the Young Agrarians. I’m originally from St. John’s, Newfoundland later spending a considerable amount of time in Keene, New Hampshire, and Vancouver, British Columbia.  A North American with international tendencies.  I’m excited about Young Agrarians push to promote farming for young people in

My adventures into Agrarianism started back in 2006.  I was broke and needed a break from work and the big city where I had grown up.  I lived right in the middle of Downtown Vancouver at the time, ran a photography studio, worked a couple contracts, and any extra time (which there wasn’t much of)

photo: peaches & leah at White Crow Farm in the corn patch Slocan Valley, BC / Sinixt Nation Territory photo: Sara Dent Young Agrarians! Sara Dent’s blog I am deeply happy to start growing the Young Agrarians project. What are Young Agrarians? Young Agrarians (YA) are promoters of the new agrarian movement. Young agriculturalists, farmers, urban

Contributor: Alicia Baddorf, The World In A Garden Back in school and I’m reminded that youth leadership is the driving force behind many successful social and environmental movements today. Today I’m writing from Tyee Elementary, where students are leading a pocket market sale for their parents and teachers. This is part of a garden education