Matt and Molly were two names that popped up frequently as I began asking around about who the young farmers were in the Okanagan.  My visit to their farm confirmed everything I had ever read or heard about the hospitality of folks who work the land and have the fruits of their labour to share.

Better late than never I say. This writing and photography project is from summer 2012. I think it’s still perennial to post since it sure is nice to remember warm sunshine during these winter days. Tristan did the being interviewed part, Darcy interviewed and transcribed, and I photo-ed and later edited. Collaboration rocks. Photos by

Presenting… drum roll… the first Young Agrarians video by Hannah Roessler. Video captured at the BC Food Systems Network 2012 Gathering! Hannah runs an incredible blog project called the Farmer’s Filmanac, a website dedicated to farmer-to-farmer knowledge sharing through text, photo and video. I can’t say enough about how awesome Hannah’s website is.  And the

Life is always full of surprises.  If you had asked me 10 years ago if I would like to be a farmer, I would probably have thought you were crazy. Today, I can’t imagine anything I want more.  Or anything that makes more sense. As creatures of the Earth, we evolve. My evolution started slowly,