FARMING IN CENTRAL & NORTHERN B.C.

Looking to combine big farming dreams with an affordable lifestyle? Central and Northern B.C. is where it’s at: wide open spaces, big skies and traffic jams that only happen when a moose crosses the road. With average housing prices at 42% lower than the Fraser Valley, starting your farm in the Central-North allows you to expand your dreams beyond what may be possible in more densely-populated southern areas. Growing crops and livestock can take a bit more skill and planning due to short seasons and cold temperatures, but most find it’s well worth it for the larger parcels and diverse opportunities.

You may want to get a bit more flannel and wool layers for the winter if you’re not used to -40°C, but the long days of summer and all the beauty that the landscapes offer more than make up for the shorter cold days of winter. For the winter-loving outdoor enthusiasts, there are plenty of affordable options for skiing majestic mountains or pulling trout and kokanee out of a frozen lake.

This guide is intended to help familiarize you with all that the Central-North has to offer, from soils and agronomic potential to market opportunities and community events. Come farm with us in the Central-North!

Download Farming in Central & Northern B.C. as a PDF here:  YA-Central-North-BC-Farming-Guide-1.0.pdf

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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.