Posted by Sara Dent on January 28, 2014
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Position: Organic Farming Internships in Ontario Type: Full-time seasonal – for more details see the farm descriptions below Organization: CRAFT SW Ontario (www.craftontario.ca) Location: Southwestern Ontario If you’re ready for a full, hands-on experience that will immerse you in ecological farming then you’ve come to the right place. CRAFT Ontario is your gateway
...Continue reading →Posted by Lucia Stephen on January 20, 2014
APPLY NOW! The Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network (ACORN)’s Grow A Farmer Apprenticeship Program is now accepting applications for the 2014 season. “Collaborating with a diverse team of ten long-standing, certified-organic ‘host-farms’, this curriculum-guided, farm-based program offers 6-month intensive placements–from May to October–for people who are pursuing a career in organic agriculture,” states Lucia Stephen,
...Continue reading →Posted by Sara Dent on January 17, 2014
Young Agrarians is thrilled to host Jean Martin Fortier for a five stop workshop tour around BC. Please help us get the word out! THE WORKSHOP: Six Figure Farming for Small Plots: how you can start a market garden and make it both productive and profitable— without a large acreage or big capital outlay! “If you’re serious
...Continue reading →Posted by Sara Dent on January 8, 2014
WE LOVE Linnaea Farm! Check out their summer education offerings featuring Adam Schick, Liz Richardson, Brent Howieson, and Oliver Kellhammer May 16-25 or June 6-15, 2014 This spring at Linnaea Farm we will be offering two 10-day short programs to inoculate you with the ideas and techniques to get your garden growing. Covering such topics as: Sense
...Continue reading →Posted by Laura Hannant on October 24, 2013
Registration for the Kootenay Farm School Beginner Farmer Training Program Opens October 28: College of the Rockies Kootenay Farm School is the region’s first centre for sustainable agriculture and food security learning. Guided by the motto “Creative education for grassroots agriculture,” we bring together innovative agriculturalists and passionate educators to cultivate knowledge, skills, and networks
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