Posted on November 5, 2018
Photo: 2018 Sundog Organic Farm Apprentice, Sam Flasha Are you an aspiring farmer looking to gain experience on a vegetable farm? Are you interested in learning organic farming management? Sundog Organic Farms is offering a unique apprenticeship, join their team! About the Farm Sundog Organic Farms uses practices that begin with respect for the soil. Soil covers only a small
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Young Agrarians Alberta is excited to be partnering with the Berwyn Legion, Demmitt Cultural Society, and the County of Grande Prairie to bring: Marketing for Hippies 101: How to Grow Your Green, Local and Holistic Business to the Peace Country! Marketing can feel good. That’s the premise of this workshop. Learn the marketing secret of
...Continue reading →Posted on October 30, 2018
Enjoy listening to your weekly Farmer Podcast Club episode. Michael Pollan On The ‘New Science’ Of Psychedelics on NPR – Fresh Air from WHYY Released May 15, 2018 Pollan, author of ‘The Omnivore’s Dilemma’ and ‘The Botany of Desire,’ talks about his new book, ‘How to Change Your Mind.’ It covers the history of psychedelic
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By Tim and Linda Ewert, Wildwood Farm “We are looking for energetic, passionate, co-operatively minded farmers to participate in a three-month residency on a 160 acre mixed farm in Northeastern B.C. In 1974, we homesteaded the land and now wish to retire in place while seeing the farm thrive in an atmosphere of co-operation. We hope
...Continue reading →Posted on October 23, 2018
ABOUT SHELTER FARM: Shelter Farm’s mission is to showcase the capacity of small-scale agriculture, while training youth in the use of small scale farming tools and equipment, business management and marketing strategies. The farm is located just outside Port Alberni on 140 acres of land and will host incubator plots on site providing young farm
...Continue reading →Posted on October 23, 2018
Enjoy listening to your weekly Farmer Podcast Club episode. Starving out resistance: Anne Applebaum on Stalin’s deliberate famine in Ukraine- CBC- Ideas Released May 8, 2018 Historian Anne Applebaum is the winner of the 2018 Lionel Gelber Prize for her book, Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine. It tells the story of how Stalin’s collective farming
...Continue reading →Posted on October 22, 2018
METRO VANCOUVER – FRASER VALLEY LAND LINKING WORKSHOP Date: Saturday, November 17, 2018 | 1-6pm Location: George Preston Recreation Centre (Room C), 20699 42 Ave, Langley, B.C. Kwantlen, Katzie, & Semiahmoo Territory Please RSVP: Register now – and don’t forget to join the Facebook Land Linking event and share with your community! Questions about this event, or
...Continue reading →Posted on October 19, 2018
VANCOUVER ISLAND – LAND LINKING WORKSHOP & COMMUNITY POTLUCK Date: Saturday, November 24, 2018 Location: Cobble Hill Farmers Institute Hall – 3550 Watson Ave, Cobble Hill, BC, V0R 1L3 Quw’utsun Territory Please RSVP: Register now – and don’t forget to join the Facebook Land Linking event and share with your community! 1 pm – 6 pm Land Linking
...Continue reading →Posted on October 17, 2018
— THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED — Field House Farms is a multi-faceted farming project in Abbotsford, BC. They are looking for a Lead Farmer to manage their farm! ABOUT FIELD HOUSE FARMS Field House Brewing is an award winning craft brewery in Abbotsford. We have started a farm with the goal of growing produce
...Continue reading →Posted on October 16, 2018
Enjoy listening to your weekly Farmer Podcast Club episode. Talk About Food Should Be Uncomfortable, “But It Has to Be Kind” – “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg”, In Conversation with Tamar Haspel Oct. 9, 2018 On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Washington Post columnist and James Beard Award–winning writer Tamar Haspel talks about the uncomfortable
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