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YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: Smithers, BC – Lost Farm

Posted by Tessa Thompson on December 04, 2024

Are you an aspiring farmer looking to gain experience on not one but two farm businesses operating on the same beautiful land? Are you wanting to learn about vegetable AND herb production?! Lost Farm is offering an apprenticeship; join their team! About the Farm We are a small market garden nestled amidst remote wilderness of Northern BC. We are owned and operated by myself and my wife, Bethany Slaman. We have approximately 1 acre in cultivation sitting on a larger 70 acre parcel that is surrounded by forest, ridges, valleys, mountains and rivers. Located approximately 25 minutes driving from Smithers, … Continue reading YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: Smithers, BC – Lost Farm →

YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: Burton, BC – McCormack Farm

Posted by Tessa Thompson on December 02, 2024

Are you an aspiring farmer looking to gain experience on a very diversified mixed livestock and silviculture operation in wild and beautiful Burton, B.C. ? Are you wanting to learn from a 4th generation farmer who never stops innovating ?! McCormack Farm is offering an apprenticeship; join their team! About the Farm With 175 acres in production, McCormack Farm is one of the largest farms in the region to be integrating silvopasture practices – the combination of tree crop production with rotationally-grazed livestock. This 120-year-old farm is in the process of planting out their existing open pastures with tree species … Continue reading YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: Burton, BC – McCormack Farm →

YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: Oyama, BC – 4 Elements Farm

Posted by Tessa Thompson on December 02, 2024

Are you an aspiring farmer looking to gain experience on a certified organic vegetable farm in one of the most beautiful places in B.C. ? Are you wanting to learn from seasoned veggie growers ?! 4 Elements Farm is offering an apprenticeship; join their team! About the Farm 4 Elements Farm is a 15 acre certified organic farm located in Oyama, BC. Situated between two lakes, and backing onto a wetland, our climate is favorable to all types of crops. Currently producing a variety of vegetables for local farmers markets and a small CSA. We use a variety of tools, … Continue reading YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: Oyama, BC – 4 Elements Farm →

YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: Armstrong, BC – The Okanagan Honey Company

Posted by Tessa Thompson on December 02, 2024

ABOUT OKANAGAN HONEY CO Our farm is a bee breeding and honey producing farm in the Okanagan Valley. We raise and mate queen honey bees and spring nuclei for sale to various regions in BC and Alberta. We also produce a beautiful Okanagan wildflower honey each year in the later summer. The honey bee colonies are placed on 20 different locations around the region, with an emphasis on organic farms or areas full of wild flowers. Our home farmland itself was originally cleared in the early 1900’s by Doug’s great grandfather and great grandmother, who farmed and lived on the … Continue reading YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: Armstrong, BC – The Okanagan Honey Company →

YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: Rose Prairie, BC – Whiskey Creek Ranch

Posted by Tessa Thompson on December 02, 2024

Are you an aspiring farmer looking to gain experience on a regenerative, soon to be certified organic, mixed livestock farm? Are you wanting to learn about beef, hogs, layer hens, and honey production?! Whiskey Creek Ranch is offering an apprenticeship; join their team! About the Farm Located approximately 30 minutes north of Fort St. John, British Columbia and stewarded by first generation farmers Gaston and Michelle (and young family), Whiskey Creek Ranch is a mixed livestock farm raising grass-finished beef, pasture-raised pork, eggs, honey, and other specialty on-farm products in an organic, sustainable, and regenerative way for their community. Whiskey … Continue reading YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: Rose Prairie, BC – Whiskey Creek Ranch →

Land Access Stories: Yellow Boot Farm – Black Creek, BC

Posted by Kat Roger on February 05, 2024

Yellow Boot Farm is a regenerative diversified vegetable farm in Black Creek, BC. Leasing farmer Jaclyn Kirby was matched to ¼ acre of land through the B.C. Land Matching Program in September of 2021, and Yellow Boot Farm is now entering its third season on the land. Jaclyn and her family use regenerative practices to grow vegetables for the Comox Valley Farmers Market and Yellow Boot’s farm stand and a seasonal CSA, in addition to supplying peppers for hot sauce companies and produce for restaurants through the LUSH Valley Food Action Society. Jaclyn sources seeds for Yellow Boot’s 42+ varieties … Continue reading Land Access Stories: Yellow Boot Farm – Black Creek, BC →

FEB 21, 2024: ONLINE – How to Market a New Farm with Kendall Ballantine

Posted by Kat Roger on January 09, 2024 2 Comments

Join Kendall Ballantine, the founder of Marketing for Farmers and Central Park Farms to learn about how to market your new farm business. What’s the best marketing channel for your farm? Weekly CSA boxes, farmers’ markets, online sales, events or all of the above and more? Join this webinar to learn about the marketing channels available to entrant (and seasoned) farmers. You will learn about the pros and cons of each marketing channel, and develop the skills to identify which marketing channel(s) will best meet the needs of your farm and your customer base. We will share tips, tricks and … Continue reading FEB 21, 2024: ONLINE – How to Market a New Farm with Kendall Ballantine →

YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: Camrose, AB – Grey Arrow Farm

Posted by Kolby Peterson on November 14, 2023 2 Comments

Are you an aspiring farmer looking to gain experience on a certified organic market garden farm? Are you wanting to learn about growing over 50 varieties of veggies?! Grey Arrow Farm is offering an apprenticeship at their slice of farming paradise; join their team! About the Farm Grey Arrow Farm is a young family farm. Andrea and Denis, along with their five children, are growing clean, healthy produce for their CSA, restaurants, and community in Camrose, Alberta. They grow approximately 55 types of vegetables and herbs over 2.5 acres of cultivated land on their beautiful 35 acre oasis in the … Continue reading YA APPRENTICESHIP 2025: Camrose, AB – Grey Arrow Farm →

Forrest Farm: the Path to a Successful Micro-Dairy

Posted by Kat Roger on September 21, 2023

ABOUT FORREST FARM Eight years ago, Amanda and Ewan Forrest launched their dream of making beautiful, lovingly-crafted cheese in Salmo, B.C. Like everything else on Forrest Farm, Amanda and Ewan’s cheese is hand-made and mindfully packaged with minimal plastic and gorgeous presentation in mind. They make several varieties of sheep and goat cheese, featuring a fantastic Chevre, the classic lactic goat cheese. Each cheese has a unique shape and size to bring out its best flavour characteristics and stays true to the traditional European-style artisanal cheese. With the launch of the dairy operation to the delight of local consumers, Amanda … Continue reading Forrest Farm: the Path to a Successful Micro-Dairy →

FARM JOBS: PEMBERTON, B.C. – Ice Cap Organics, Field Crew

Posted by JoHana Harcourt on January 12, 2023

Ice Cap Organics in Pemberton, BC is hiring a Field Crew for the 2023 season! About Ice Cap Organics We grow over 50 vegetable varieties in the field and in a few greenhouses, and have added strawberries and fresh cut flowers on 5 acres. We use a rainflo implement attached to our John Deere 5055E for making raised beds with landscape fabric for transplants and for direct seeded crops we cultivate with an Allis Chalmers belly mounted cultivator and hand tools. We sell our vegetables at the West End Vancouver Market on Saturdays and through a local Harvest Box Program throughout … Continue reading FARM JOBS: PEMBERTON, B.C. – Ice Cap Organics, Field Crew →