Posted on February 6, 2015
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
...Continue reading →Posted on February 4, 2015
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
...Continue reading →Posted on January 22, 2015
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
...Continue reading →Posted on January 13, 2015
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
...Continue reading →Posted on December 2, 2014
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,
...Continue reading →Posted on November 5, 2014
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.
...Continue reading →Posted on October 24, 2014
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
...Continue reading →Posted on October 17, 2014
Heather Ramsay is a young farmer and business partner at Uminami Farm in Metchosin. She wants you to know: “Uminami Farm isn’t just me…it’s owned and co-run by Yoshiko Unno (the boss :-). We also have three employees (one currently on maternity leave) and a host of volunteers, who are all integral members of the
...Continue reading →Posted on October 8, 2014
Re-posted from Hans Peter Meyer’s blog! HPM is very involved with the food and farm world on Vancouver Island. We’re excited to have him involved with the network. Check out this great blog post on The Birds & The Beans. That’s farmer Jay Baker-French hiding behind the BIG kohlrabi from The Birds & The Beans,
...Continue reading →Posted on September 10, 2014
10 days and counting… On September 18th, we will have had our heritage chickens for 15 weeks and 3 days and they’ll be off to the butcher. For us, it will be the end of a very meaningful project and the beginning of hopefully a long and fulfilling career as farmers. This year was our
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