Tag Archives: Frédéric Thériault

Crop Planning Can Be Sexy- Learning How to take Joy in the Paperwork with Fredric Theriault

Posted by Sara Dent on January 18, 2015 1 Comment

Blog Post By Ashton Sweetnam of Roots Up! Vegetable Farm. Photos below are from the Young Agrarians Farm Tour & Potluck Ian and Ashton hosted on their farm this past summer! The budding stages of starting a farm are exhilarating, anxiety provoking, and a full roller coaster ride of ideas and dreams alternately coming to fruition and being cut back before they have a chance to propagate. Likely, this point in time is years in the making. You have spent countless hours and possibly years learning about the impacts of environmental degradation and human disconnection from nature. You want to do … Continue reading Crop Planning Can Be Sexy- Learning How to take Joy in the Paperwork with Fredric Theriault →

Interview with Quebec Farmer & Author Frederic Theriault

Posted by Sara Dent on January 13, 2015 2 Comments

Young Agrarians BC Coordinator Sara Dent caught Frédéric Thériault  for an interview to learn more about him and his farm operation. We’re super excited to host Frédéric for three Rockstar Farmer Tour Workshops on Crop Planning for farm financial viability: Kelowna (Jan 25), Victoria (Jan 29) and Richmond (Feb 4). If you are in farm start-up, or want to learn more about how to plan the financial aspects of your future farm – this workshop is for you! More info and tickets here: youngagrarians.org/cropplanning. Where do you farm? Tourne-sol, Les Cèdres, Quebec Favourite vegetable or fruit to grow in summer? … Continue reading Interview with Quebec Farmer & Author Frederic Theriault →

2015 Rockstar Farmer Tour: Crop Planning to Successfully Grow $150,000 / 1.5 Acres! Workshop for Organic Vegetable Growers with Frederic Theriault

Posted by Sara Dent on January 05, 2015 1 Comment

We’re excited to announce our 2015 Rockstar Farmer Tour Crop Planning Workshops! Come and learn how to attain profitability with Frédéric Thériault, Quebec Farmer and co-author of the Crop Planning for Organic Vegetable Growers Canadian Organic Growers book. A great follow-up workshop from our Spring 2014 tour with Jean-Martin Fortier on Six-Figure Farming for Small Plots. “I have not encountered a better organized group of farmers than Fréd and his partners at Tourne-Sol coopérative farm. Their success is without a doubt a reflection of the quality of their crop-planning methodology. The idea, data and framework presented in Fréd’s workshop will help you … Continue reading 2015 Rockstar Farmer Tour: Crop Planning to Successfully Grow $150,000 / 1.5 Acres! Workshop for Organic Vegetable Growers with Frederic Theriault →

Kelowna, BC January 25, 2015: Crop Planning to Successfully Grow $150,000 / 1.5 Acres! Workshop for Organic Vegetable Growers with Frederic Theriault

Posted by Sara Dent on December 29, 2014

Come and learn how to attain profitability through crop planning with Frédéric Thériault, Quebec Farmer and co-author of the Canadian Organic Growers book Crop Planning for Organic Vegetable Growers! A great follow-up workshop from our Spring 2014 tour with Jean-Martin Fortier on Six-Figure Farming for Small Plots. Doors Open: 9:30am Workshop Starts: 10am-6pm Cost: $75, Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1093232 Lunch: 1-2pm Bring a dish to share and tools to eat with! Location: UBC-Okanagan Campus Library Building Room L305 – 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC In partnership with UBC Okanagan’s Centre for Social, Spatial, and Economic Justice. All proceeds from ticket sales support Young … Continue reading Kelowna, BC January 25, 2015: Crop Planning to Successfully Grow $150,000 / 1.5 Acres! Workshop for Organic Vegetable Growers with Frederic Theriault →