Feb 6, 2025: Land Sharing Workshop – Williams Lake, BC

Join Meghan (Central-North Land Matcher) to learn how you can access land for farming or make your land available to a farmer. Meghan will explain how sharing land can be mutually beneficial for farmers and landholders, as well as highlight best practices, relevant regulations and considerations, and tips for building and maintaining a successful land sharing relationship.

Why share land? The number of farmers in B.C. has been declining for several decades, and thousands of local farms have disappeared. Farm operators are ageing out of farming and retiring, but with the cost of farmland at an all-time high, many new farmers can’t afford to buy land and continue their legacy. That’s why the B.C. Land Matching Program exists, and our annual educational land sharing workshops offer an opportunity for farmers and landholders to connect with each other and learn how to share land.

We need all hands on deck to tackle the challenges facing the agriculture sector in B.C. – come learn how land sharing can be part of the solution, and how you can get involved!

REGISTER: Please RSVP on Eventbrite:

DATE: Friday, February 6, 2026 • 4-6 pm PT

LOCATION: Secwepemc Territory. Thompson Rivers University Williams Lake Campus (Room 1308), 1250 Western Ave, Williams Lake, BC

DIRECTIONS/PARKING:

The Thompson Rivers University Williams Lake Campus is located on Western Avenue off of Cariboo Highway (Hwy 97) in Williams Lake. To get to the meeting room (Room 1308), enter through the main/front entrance to the campus building, turn into the first hallway on the right, and you will see the room (a large classroom) on the left side of the hall, before the cafeteria.

There is free parking available in the university parking lot, in front of the building. Carpooling is encouraged – if you are looking for or can offer a ride to or from the event, you can organize carpooling through the Facebook event (coming soon). Please do not bring pets to the event. Kids are welcome!

ACCESSIBILITY: If you have any accessibility needs, please get in touch with us at bclmp@youngagrarians.org.

SHARE: Planning on joining us? Invite your friends and share the Facebook event (coming soon).

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• Cancellations – Please let us know if you have registered for this event but are no longer able to attend. You can cancel your registration anytime through Eventbrite, via the link in your registration confirmation email, or by contacting bclmp@youngagrarians.org
• Questions? Email Dani at bclmp@youngagrarians.org

If you are interested in hosting an event at your farm and bringing together the farming community in your area, reach out to bclmp@youngagrarians.org with your idea!

GOT LAND? WANT LAND?

Through the B.C. Land Matching Program, Young Agrarians offers support to farmers looking for land for their farm business, and landholders looking for farmers to farm their land. We’ve made more than 424 matches on over 13,162 acres to date!

Are you on the Young Agrarians UMAP? List your land or future farm dream today! You just might find a farmer who can turn your vacant field into a productive farm, or a landholder who has the ideal piece of land for you.

To explore more land access resources, visit youngagrarians.org/resources/land.

The B.C. Land Matching Program is funded in Central & Northern B.C. by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative, with additional support from the Real Estate Foundation of BC.