The Future of Farming in BC

While local food grows in importance for the eating public, farmers, the crucial providers of this food continue to experience escalating and cumulative pressures which threaten their very ability to farm: the cost of land, an aging farm community, labour, and a seasonal income base.

What is the future of farming in BC? What innovations will re-establish a bountiful and sustainable food system which supports farmers? Your Local Farmer’s Market Society would like to address these questions in an inspiring, solutions oriented three-part speaker series at the Langley Campus of Kwantlen University College (campus directions).

DISCOUNT: When you register for three or more events, you get 15% discount.

Your registration for Future of Farming in BC presentations and workshops will be confirmed by email. Please print this confirmation and bring it to the registration table at the event.

Accommodation

Postponed until the fall of 2008.

Thank you for your interest in the succession planning presentation and workshop which was originally scheduled for February 23rd and 24th.

Your Local Farmers Market Society has decided to postpone the presentation and workshop on this important topic until the fall.  February has turned out to be a very busy month for the agricultural community and as a consequence, registration has been slower than anticipated.

We are looking to November to re-launch of the presentation and workshop on succession planning and the next generation of farmers. 

New farmers. Please contact christine@bcac.bc.ca to learn about BC Young Farmers, a new organization started by the BC Agriculture Council. They are having a panel discussion and networking event on April 8th at the Ramada Inn in Abbotsford. 

Speakers:
John Anderson (See Bio)
Chris Bodnar (See Bio), Glen Valley Organic Farm

Presentation: Saturday, February 23, 2008, 7 to 9pm - Event Postponed Until November 2008.
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Workshop & Speed Dating: Sunday, February 24, 2008, 10am to 1pm - Event Postponed Until November 2008.
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Workshop & Speed Dating: Sunday, February 24, 2008, 10am to 1pm - Event Postponed Until November 2008.
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Speakers:
Heather Pritchard (See Bio), FarmFolk/CityFolk
Ramona Scott (See Bio), The Land Conservancy

Presentation: Saturday, January 12, 2008, 7 to 9pm - Past Event.
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Speaker:
Eliot Coleman (See Bio), Four Season Farm

Presentation: Saturday, December 8, 2007, 7 to 9pm - Past Event.
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Workshop: Sunday, December 9, 2007, 10am to 1pm - Past Event.
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