“We [share] a common goal of growing food for our local communities, providing good jobs, and taking care of the land around us.” – Julie Maxwell and Thomas Maduck of Crocus Hill Garden, Saskatchewan Young Agrarians is celebrating the eleventh year of the Business Mentorship Network (BMN) program in BC and the third year of the
...Continue reading →WILD ANTHO in Armstrong, B.C. is seeking an Apiary Technician! ABOUT WILD ANTHO Our farm is located in the beautiful fields and wild lands of the North Okanagan/Shuswap on the unceded, ancestral territories of the Syilx Nation and the Secwepemc Nation. We breed queen bees, produce bee stock, provide pollination services, and produce honey. Our
...Continue reading →Under the Oak Farm in Duncan, BC is seeking occasional farm labour! ABOUT Under the oak farm We are an uncertified organic and permaculture farm. We utilized grazing, agroforestry, intensive market gardening, wildcrafting and permaculture food forests and polycultures. We purchased our land in 2015 and are still homesteading and building our infrastructure. We have
...Continue reading →Young Agrarians is celebrating the eleventh year of the Business Mentorship Network (BMN) program in BC and the third year of the BMN in the Prairies! The BMN offers farm business mentorship to a diverse array of new and young farmers. The mentorship is offered over the course of a year. Through one-on-one mentorship, peer networks
...Continue reading →Young Agrarians is hiring a full-time Manitoba and Apprenticeship Program Manager Location: This is a remote position based in Manitoba. Please include your location in your application. We welcome applicants interested in the Apprenticeship Program Manager portion of the role from other Prairies provinces, as there is a possibility to split this into its own
...Continue reading →We always have new land opportunities coming into our inventory, some of which aren’t on our blog yet! Get in touch with a Land Matcher at bclmp@youngagrarians.org to learn about the latest opportunities and to access free B.C. Land Matching Program services in your region. ABOUT THE LAND Located just off of Highway 7 in
...Continue reading →This position has been filled. View more Farm Jobs and Internships on our Job Board Tea Creek Training and the Indigenous Food Sovereignty Association are seeking a Fundraiser! The Job: Work as a primary fundraiser for our two Indigenous led organizations, Tea Creek Training and the Indigenous Food Sovereignty Association Hours: Part-time- approximately 20 hours/week,
...Continue reading →City Beet Farm in Vancouver, British Columbia is seeking a Farm Hand! ABOUT City Beet Farm City Beet Farm is a small-scale urban farm located in the Mount Pleasant, Riley Park, and Southlands neighbourhoods of Vancouver on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territory. We grow vegetables and cut-flowers on 15 sites made up of front
...Continue reading →Enjoy listening to this Farmer Podcast Club episode. On this month’s episode of the Farming in British Columbia podcast, host Jordan Marr sits down with Colin Dring, Researcher at Royal Roads University in Victoria, B.C., and Darcy Smith, B.C. Program Manager at Young Agrarians. Released October 23, 2024 From the episode highlights: “Colin and Darcy, panelists
...Continue reading →“I realized we needed major changes in our approach, and that meant confronting my own weaknesses—things like financial management, planning, and forecasting. I wanted to improve in those areas and sought out help, which led me to the Young Agrarians business mentorship program. It’s been exactly what I needed.” – Anna Brown of Tapestry Homestead,
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