Tag Archives: Spray Creek Ranch

FARM JOB: LILLOOET, BC – Spray Creek Ranch, Ranch Hand

Posted by Michalina Hunter on January 16, 2019

Spray Creek Ranch in Lillooet, BC is looking for Ranch Hand for the 2019 season!  ABOUT SPRAY CREEK RANCH Spray Creek Ranch is a regenerative organic farm in the rain shadow of British Columbia’s Coast Mountains in the Northern St’at’imc Territory, 15 km south of Lillooet.  This is an area of incredible natural diversity, with lush red cedar and cottonwood growing only a few hundred metres from shrivelled prickly pear cactus and sagebrush.  The farm is bordered by the mighty Fraser River on the east, and on the west we are flanked by a dramatic and rugged cliff and endless forested mountains.  … Continue reading FARM JOB: LILLOOET, BC – Spray Creek Ranch, Ranch Hand →

Business Mentorship – Lessons Learned: Spray Creek Ranch

Posted by Kristen Nammour on February 09, 2016

Farmer at Spray Creek Ranch on a morning walk with farm dogs and sows

Name, Farm, Location? We’re Tristan & Aubyn Banwell.  As perhaps you’ve heard, we are located upon magnificent Spray Creek Ranch — in the rainshadow of the Coast Mountains, along the Mighty Fraser, in the Upper St’at’imc Territory, 15 km south of Lillooet, BC. What were your goals for this season and how did you work to achieve those? Let’s revisit our spring blog post, where we enumerated a few goals — “We are working to develop a producers’ co-op to coordinate marketing and distribution among our amazing local producers.  Our plan is to have a few producers selling to a … Continue reading Business Mentorship – Lessons Learned: Spray Creek Ranch →

August 21: Soil Carbon Monitoring Demo & Workshop, Lillooet, BC

Posted by Kristen Nammour on August 13, 2015

Soil Carbon Monitoring Demo and Workshop Agriculture Lillooet BC

Get the dirt on soil carbon monitoring – Join Young Agrarians, Spray Creek Ranch, & Dan Denesiuk for a demo and workshop in Lillooet, BC! When: Friday, August 21st — 12 pm to 5 pm Where: Spray Creek Ranch, 15045 Texas Creek Rd, Lillooet BC Spray Creek Ranch will host a potluck lunch at midday. Lunch will be followed by a soil carbon monitoring workshop with a soil sampling demonstration. Our fearless workshop leader is Dan Denesiuk, MSc student at Thompson Rivers University. Dan is studying grazing management as a climate change mitigation and adaptation strategy throughout the BC Interior. Participants are welcome to … Continue reading August 21: Soil Carbon Monitoring Demo & Workshop, Lillooet, BC →

Business Mentorship Network – Tristan & Aubyn Banwell

Posted by Kristen Nammour on May 25, 2015

Name?  Tristan & Aubyn Banwell Where do you farm?  Spray Creek Ranch — in the rainshadow of the Coast Mountains, along the Mighty Fraser, in the Upper St’at’mic Territory, 15 km south of Lillooet, BC. What do you farm?  Soil.  We make money raising cattle, laying hens and meat chickens, but really we’re growing healthy, diverse pasture to build the soil. What type of business structure is your farm?  Spray Creek Ranch is a corporation we own in partnership with the land owners. What is your land tenure? We have a wonderful partnership with the land owners — we partnered … Continue reading Business Mentorship Network – Tristan & Aubyn Banwell →