SEPT 21, 2025: GRAND FORKS, BC – Land Sharing Workshop

GOT LAND? WANT LAND? If you’re looking to access farmland, or are curious about sharing your land with a farmer, then join us in Grand Forks on September 21st to start your land sharing journey with the B.C. Land Matching Program!

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.

Join Pascale – the B.C. Land Matching Program Manager, and Nyree – the Columbia Basin Land Matcher, to learn how you can access land for a farm business or make your land available to a farmer. They will explain how sharing land can be mutually beneficial for farmers and landholders, as well as highlight best practices, relevant regulations and legal considerations, and tips for building and maintaining a successful land sharing relationship.

You’ll leave the workshop with the knowledge, resources and connections needed to start your own land sharing journey!

REGISTER: Please RSVP on Eventbrite:

Event Details:

DATE: Sunday, September 21, 2025 • 1-3pm PDT

LOCATION: Ktunaxa, Secwepemc, Syilx, and Sinixt Territories. Grand Forks & District Public Library, 7342 5th St, Grand Forks, BC

DIRECTIONS/PARKING: The Grand Forks & District Public Library is located on 5th Street, just off of Central Avenue in Grand Forks, BC. Free parking is available in the library parking lot, or on the adjacent streets. 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. Please do not bring pets to the event. Kids are welcome! More information below.

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

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

STAY IN TOUCH:

• Join our Young Agrarians Columbia Basin (Kootenay) Facebook Group to stay up to date on all events in the region
• Sign up for our e-newsletter to get events and opportunities for your region delivered straight to your inbox (be sure to select your bio-region!)
• 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 413 matches on over 13,112 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/tools/land.

The B.C. Land Matching Program is funded in the Columbia Basin 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 Columbia Basin Trust and the Real Estate Foundation of BC.