Farmer Profiles

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

Name? Gemma McNeill and Doug Zaklan Where do you farm? Surrey, BC What do you farm? Mixed vegetables, flowers, pastured laying hens (friendly llama) What type of business structure is your farm? Partnership What is your land tenure? Are there special relationships that allow for this? Doug’s family land, no formal agreement. We are talking

Name? Dave Semmelink Where do you farm? Comox Valley, BC What do you farm? Mixed Livestock, the plan is to raise pastured poultry and hogs and to experiment with growing local organic feeds for them. What type of business structure is your farm? Sole Proprietor What is your land tenure? Are there special relationships that allow for this? Currently an

 Name? Kira Kotilla Where do you farm? Just north of Courtenay What do you farm? Mixed vegetables, vegetable seed, poultry (in the near future) What type of business structure is your farm? Sole proprietorship. But I am also a member of the new Merville Organics co-operative. What is your land tenure? Are there special relationships that allow for this? I

Name? Steve Meggait Where do you farm? 5 km north of Armstrong What do you primarily farm? Beef (breeding to finishing), pork (breeding to finishing), broiler chickens, grains and hay. What type of business structure is your farm? Currently a sole proprietorship, with plans to incorporate. What is your land tenure? Are there special relationships that allow for this? I’m

Photo of David, one of the O-Town young agrarians.  His farm: The BeetBox. A bunch of us agriculture aficionados from both sides of the river have been hanging out since the Young Agrarians Eastern Ontario Mixer. Maintenant, on aimerait que d’autres se joignent à nous donc on a décidé de lancer un évènement public au West End

Young Agrarians BC Coordinator Sara Dent caught Frédéric Thériault  for an interview to learn more about him and his farm operation. We’re super excited to host Frédéric for three Rockstar Farmer Tour Workshops on Crop Planning for farm financial viability: Kelowna (Jan 25), Victoria (Jan 29) and Richmond (Feb 4). If you are in farm

Name: Abdellah Boudhira Farm Location: Agadir, Morocco, which is located in close proximity, approximately 25 kilometers, to the east of the Atlantic Ocean,  Because of this, the area has a very mild favourable Mediterranean climate which is highly conducive to growing year round. What do you produce?  Our chief crop is tomatoes, but we also grow green beans, squash,

This past season on our farm, we had a professional photogrpaher for a farmhand, and the farmer kept a weird journal of the season. It turned into something pretty fun. Within: a season on a young agrarian’s farm in photos, GIFS, vids, and journal entries.

New Farms, Big Success! New documentary featuring: Jean-Martin Fortier, Kristin Kimball, and Lauren Rathwell When: Saturday, October 25th, 2014 at 6pm, 7:30pm, and 9pm Where: The Cultch, 1895 Venables St, Vancouver, BC Price: $13 Trailer:  New Farms, Big Success presents three amazing, ecologically responsible farms in the USA and Canada. Their unique business plans eliminate