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B.C. Business Mentorship Network – Grounded Acres

Posted by Melanie Buffel on March 08, 2021

Young Agrarians is celebrating the seventh year of the Business Mentorship Network (BMN) program. The BMN offers business mentorships  to a diverse array of new and young farmers across BC. Through one-on-one mentorship and peer networks, young farmers develop the skills necessary to operate ecologically sustainable and financially viable farm businesses. The 2021 Mentee Cohort are hard at work planning for the season ahead and we are thrilled to profile them and celebrate their efforts! My name is Hannah Lewis and I farm at Grounded Acres Organic Farm. My mentors are Ione Smith (Upland Agricultural Consulting) and Lydia Ryall (Cropthorne Farm). … Continue reading B.C. Business Mentorship Network – Grounded Acres

FARM JOB: GIBSONS, BC – Persephone Brewing Co, Farmer / Property Maintenance Worker

Posted by Michalina Hunter on July 20, 2020

Persephone Brewing Co. in Gibsons, BC is hiring a full-time Farmer / Property Maintenance Worker!  ABOUT PERSEPHONE BREWING CO. We are an 11 acre farm based brewery. We have 3 acres of orchards, a chicken run, a berry batch, and 2 acres of market garden with plenty of room to grow. We recently had to take down our hop yards and hoping to repurpose those over the next few years. We have a tractor (with implements), excavator, bob cat, walk behind tractor and plenty of hand implements on site, and access to more if we need to rent specific equipment. The core of … Continue reading FARM JOB: GIBSONS, BC – Persephone Brewing Co, Farmer / Property Maintenance Worker

FARM JOB: GIBSONS, BC – Persephone Brewing Co, Full-Time Farmer

Posted by Michalina Hunter on November 19, 2019

Persephone Brewing Co. in Gibsons, BC is hiring a full-time farmer! ABOUT PERSEPHONE BREWING CO. Persephone Brewing Co. (known locally as “The Beer Farm”) owns and operates an 11-acre property with a brewery, a tasting room, lawns to hang out in, 1 acre market garden, 2 greenhouses, a garlic and raspberry patch, 6 acres going into cover crop this fall (was hops), and 217 apple trees. We sell through our CSA (Summer and Fall), local Farmers’ Markets (including one on site every Sunday), to local restaurants, and through our tasting room. For machines we have: a tractor, a hand tractor (BCS), a mower, a … Continue reading FARM JOB: GIBSONS, BC – Persephone Brewing Co, Full-Time Farmer

FARM JOB: GIBSONS, BC – Persephone Brewing Co, Seasonal Farmer

Posted by Michalina Hunter on January 22, 2019

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Persephone Brewing Co. in Gibsons, BC is looking for a seasonal farmer for the 2019 season!  If you have a passion for growing food and other crops, enjoy sharing that passion with others, understand the difference between gardening and farming, enjoy productive and physical work outdoors, and have an aptitude for getting the job done with the resources at hand, then you might be who we’re looking for. We’re looking for a seasonal farmer to join our Farm Technician for the 2019 growing season.  ABOUT PERSEPHONE BREWING CO. Persephone Brewing Co. (known locally as “The Beer Farm”) owns and operates an 11 acre … Continue reading FARM JOB: GIBSONS, BC – Persephone Brewing Co, Seasonal Farmer