Posted on January 18, 2023
Creating a trajectory for achieving a personal/farm business goal feels like what I imagine Mario feels like when he attains a “star” in the OG Mario Brothers game for Nintendo. You are bright, flashing with energy and moving quickly while avoiding obstacles and tactically knocking over Koopa troopas and Goombas (risk) in pursuit of your
...Continue reading →Posted on January 16, 2023
We have more land opportunities than what is listed here! Get in touch with a Land Matcher at land@youngagrarians.org to access our full land inventory and B.C. Land Matching Program support in your region. Do you want to start, or develop your existing farm enterprise, with access to land, shared amenities, a network of selected mentors, and a cohort
...Continue reading →Posted on January 13, 2023
We have more land opportunities than what is listed here! Get in touch with a Land Matcher at land@youngagrarians.org to access our full land inventory and B.C. Land Matching Program support in your region. ABOUT THE LAND This farm-within-a-farm is 0.25 acres of market garden space tucked away on a successful pastured poultry farm. There are established beds that have
...Continue reading →Posted on January 13, 2023
We have more land opportunities than what is listed here! Get in touch with a Land Matcher at land@youngagrarians.org to access our full land inventory and B.C. Land Matching Program support in your region. ABOUT THE LAND Since 2009 WoodGrain Farm has been a cornerstone organic vegetable grower for the Hazelton and Smithers Farmers’ Markets in northwest BC. In 2020
...Continue reading →Posted on January 6, 2023
We are so excited to have Kelly Sidoryk join us in Prince George for a condensed, 3 day Holistic Management Course! Holistic Management (HM) is widely used by farmers and ranchers to improve land, grow nutritious food, gain control of their finances and improve their quality of life. DATE: Friday February 24 – Sunday February
...Continue reading →Posted on December 19, 2022
Young Agrarians (YA) is a farmer-to-farmer educational resource network for new and young ecological, organic and regenerative farmers in Canada. With the average age of farmers in B.C. being 56, higher than the national average, and the province losing 1,687 farms between 2016 and 2021, a loss of 10%, the programs YA offers seek to
...Continue reading →Posted on December 16, 2022
Sitting there at your computer desk, easy chair or couch, dreaming of starting your own farm in the depths of winter? Let me share some tips and tricks, which you can use when you find that dream property covered in snow and want to know what’s below. Sometimes winter is the only time of the
...Continue reading →Posted on December 14, 2022
We have more land opportunities than what is listed here! Get in touch with a Land Matcher at land@youngagrarians.org to access our full land inventory and B.C. Land Matching Program support in your region. A 1-acre plot is available to lease at Haliburton Community Organic Farm starting January 2023. This is an amazing opportunity for someone with previous farming
...Continue reading →Posted on December 14, 2022
Young Agrarians is hiring a Land Matcher for the Okanagan-Thompson region of B.C. Location: Okanagan-Thompson. Candidates must be located within the region. Please indicate where you live on your application. Deadline for Applications: Monday, January 30, 2023 at 5pm PST. Do you thrive working with people from diverse walks of life? Are you a networker
...Continue reading →Posted on December 9, 2022
On a snowy November Sunday afternoon gatherers came to have panel discussions around “farming outside the box”! A core mission of Young Agrarians is knowledge transfer. Knowledge is one of the most important nutrients in the fertilizer needed to grow more farmers on “marginal land”. We love any chance to get together, whether online or
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