Join Pascale Schittecatte, Young Agrarians’ B.C. Land Matching Program Manager, and Nyree Marsh, Young Agrarians’ Columbia Basin Land Matcher, to learn how to communicate effectively while sharing land!
Communication can make or break a land sharing agreement: good communication can open up worlds of possibility, while poor communication can cause the arrangement to fall apart. In this online webinar, you’ll learn what makes for good communication, and how to practice it in your own land-sharing relationship.
The webinar will cover: what ‘good communication’ means, how to practice self-awareness, how to raise issues, how to listen effectively, how to move towards solutions, and when to take a break. You will get the chance to practice and see these communication skills demonstrated in real time. In case you’d like to learn more, additional resources will also be provided at the end of the session. There will be time for Q&A, so bring your questions!
You will leave this webinar prepared to communicate effectively during initial lease negotiations, day-to-day land sharing, and situations where conflict may arise. Good communication will help ensure longevity, stability and respect in your land-sharing relationship!
DATE: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 • 7-8:30 PM PST
LOCATION: Online – a Zoom meeting link will be sent to registered attendees.
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QUESTIONS: Do you have questions about this event, or about the B.C. Land Matching Program? Reach out to our BCLMP Coordinator, Dani, at bclmp@youngagrarians.org.
About Pascale:
Originally from Gabriola Island, Pascale Schittecatte spent her earliest years climbing hay bales and feeding bottle calves on Somerset Farm. After many years spent living in cities large and small, Pascale found her way back to farming through food and wine. She worked for five years as a winemaker and farm hand in the UK and the Okanagan before initially joining the YA team as a Land Matcher in the Okanagan-Thompson. Now as program manager of the BCLMP, Pascale enjoys supporting Land Matchers throughout the province in their vital work. What Pascale most loves about working in land access is connecting with people and supporting them to realise their farming goals.
About Nyree:
Nyree is a hands-on business owner with over 20 years of experience in farming. She was raised in the foothills of Alberta, leaving after graduation for coastal BC, where at 21 she leased her first market garden on Salt Spring Island. From there the passion grew with opportunities to establish farm businesses and work with existing farmers within Canada and overseas before settling in the Kootenays in 2005. Nyree’s great joy and interest is in feeding people, she has worked extensively in providing food to her community through subsistence and commercial farming, working as a sous chef in restaurants, and as an artisanal gelato maker in Nelson. She has deep roots in the local farming community, working as a certified organic farmer and as a volunteer with Kootenay Organic Growers Society and executive board member of the Central Kootenay Food Policy Council; she is a familiar face at many farm networking events. In 2020, Nyree joined the Basin Business Advisors Program as the Agriculture Business Advisor and during her time with the BBA, enjoyed working with regional farmers and ranchers on tailored business solutions. Nyree loves applying her skills and knowledge to support farmers and landholders as the Columbia Basin Land Matcher.
Check out our other online webinar this month, Farm Transition Stories: Panel Discussion on February 25, 2025!
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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 354 matches on over 12,600 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 learn more about our land access resources, visit youngagrarians.org/tools/land.
The B.C. Land Matching Program is funded by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative.