SUMMER 2017: Organic Market Garden Intensives, Linnaea Farm, Cortes Island, BC

Posted by Kristen Nammour on February 12, 2016

The world is starved for people able to enrich the planet while improving soil and human ecology. You’ve dreamed of making a livelihood growing food and raising livestock, but are unsure of how to take the next step. This summer at LINNAEA FARM we offer a week long program to inoculate you with ideas and techniques to get your garden growing! TWO DATES: July 8 – 15 OR August 11-18 WHERE: Linnaea Farm, Cortes Island, BC TOPICS COVERED: Sense of Place, phenology, planning & marketing, seed sowing and saving, record keeping, animal husbandry, compost & making the most of soil, pests & weeds, practical … Continue reading SUMMER 2017: Organic Market Garden Intensives, Linnaea Farm, Cortes Island, BC →

JOB: Field Hand, Shalefield Organic Gardens, Lindell Beach, BC

Posted by Kristen Nammour on February 09, 2016

Shalefield Organic Gardens, a certified organic biodynamic market vegetable farm, is seeking immediately an energetic person to fill a farm hand position. Experience is not required. We provide the opportunity to actively experience, ask many questions and above all learn about successful small farming. Work will include: bed preparation, weeding by hand or hand tool, transplanting, harvesting, cleaning and sorting vegetables for market and CSA boxes. A typical weekly schedule follows: Monday field work including weeding and transplanting, field prep, setting up irrigation. Tuesday harvest for CSA and farmers market Wednesday finish harvesting for CSA and farmers market, pack CSA … Continue reading JOB: Field Hand, Shalefield Organic Gardens, Lindell Beach, BC →