Posted on January 24, 2024
Ignatius Jesuit Centre in Guelph, Ontario is seeking interns for the 2024 season! ABOUT Ignatius Jesuit Centre Ignatius Farm is the community organic training farm of the Ignatius Jesuit Centre (IJC). IJC nurtures spiritual growth and ecological engagement through agriculture, retreats, and restoration work. Ignatius Farm grows certified organic produce for Community Shared Agriculture (CSA)
...Continue reading →Posted on January 23, 2024
Are you a young, aspiring farmer interested in weaving together your passion for growing food, playing music and building community on Vancouver Island? Lila’s Music Farm may be the apprenticeship for you. About the Farm Lila Music Farm is a permaculture farm, music school, Nature Connection school, and hub for community. The 3 acre lot
...Continue reading →Posted on January 23, 2024
Are you a young, aspiring farmer interested in learning about producing greens, root crops, fruiting crops, and micro greens in beautiful North West British Columbia? Farmer Cam’s Foods may be the apprenticeship for you! About the Farm In the fertile soils of the Skeena River Valley, Farmer Cam’s Foods (FCF) grows vegetables and distributes them
...Continue reading →Posted on January 22, 2024
Join Darcy Smith, YA’s BC Land Matching Program Manager, and Pascale Schittecatte, YA’s Okanagan Land Matcher, to learn the tools for effective land sharing negotiations. Learn about communication styles, compromising with integrity and maximizing mutual benefit for both farmers and landholders. This session will feature easy-to-adopt tips for having great collaborative conversations so you can
...Continue reading →Posted on January 22, 2024
Are you dreaming of growing food on the prairies? Have you been dropping hints to your friends to join you? Looking for land, but don’t know how to make it a reality? The second of three stories on how to find farm land on the prairies features urban farmers Miranda Holt & Candace Benson of City
...Continue reading →Posted on January 19, 2024
Formally established just this fall, the South Island Farmers’ Institute (SIFI) represents the efforts of founding members Katie Underwood, Shellie MacDonald, Robin Tunnicliffe, Sol Kinnis, Derek Powell and Christine Fuller, in addition to South Island agrologist Megan Halstead and a whole host of passionate farmers and farmer-allies across the Island. Young Agrarians is thrilled to see
...Continue reading →Posted on January 9, 2024
Join Kendall Ballantine, the founder of Marketing for Farmers and Central Park Farms to learn about how to market your new farm business. What’s the best marketing channel for your farm? Weekly CSA boxes, farmers’ markets, online sales, events or all of the above and more? Join this webinar to learn about the marketing channels
...Continue reading →Posted on January 8, 2024
Join Darcy Smith, YA’s B.C. Land Matching Program Manager, to learn about the nuts and bolts of land access in B.C. Got Land? Want Land? This webinar will walk you through the A to Z of finding land or a farmer and developing a land sharing relationship. Learn about leasing in B.C., legal considerations, and
...Continue reading →Posted on January 6, 2024
Enjoy listening to this Farmer Podcast Club episode. Ground Truthing – Future Ecologies Released October 29, 2022 Can we sequester our carbon and eat it too? For the first time in 4 seasons, we’re discussing natural climate solutions, and in particular, regenerative agriculture. Joining us is agrologist and fellow podcaster, Scott Gillespie (of Plants Dig
...Continue reading →Posted on January 5, 2024
Do you have an idea for a farm enterprise that needs space and community support to make it happen? Good Note Community Farm is looking for a self-starter farmpreneur starting this spring. About the Farm Good Note Community Farm is a non-profit, diversified Community Farm, sharing food-producing knowledge with families and individuals from nearby cities
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