Land Transfer Legal Literacy Project

The Legal implications of agricultural land transfer are currently not widely understood by many landowners, community organizations working on land access and food security, and the general public in British Columbia.  The Foodlands team is currently hard at work implementing the Land Transfer Legal Literacy Project. The broad goal of the project is to engage legal expertise to determine the...
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You’ll Need A Plan

Often, when seeking advice, the first thing a new farmer hears is, “you need a business plan”. A business plan will lay the foundation for a successful farming operation: what to grow, how much to charge, how to market and distribute the product and who will buy it, and, perhaps most critically, how to manage cash flow when so much of your labour costs are up front. A business plan is only one...
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Foodlands AGM, brought to you by Zoom.

On April 29th, 2020, through the magic of internet technology, members of the Foodlands Cooperative of BC came together from Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland, and the Interior to remember the past year, say goodbye to outgoing Board members and welcome new ones. From my comfortable oversized armchair, I, like many others (isolated and working from home), are zooming all over the country....
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All Feet In!

January 11,2019 — A Coop Planning Session at Ceres Circle Farm Cooperative. Over the weekend Coop board members, farm residents and community members met for a day-long planning session and supper for brainstorming and visioning. Setting up and operating a farm cooperative that includes housing for residents and cooperative businesses that may include community members involves a lot of careful...
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