Food Sovereignty

• Seed Change
• Planning for Food Security Toolkit (FNHA)
• Indigenous Food Sovereignty

1.0 Business Planning

• Farm Business Planning Workbook For The Beginning Farmer
• CFDC of CIFN Business Plan Workbook
• Taking Stock website
• Small to medium-sized farm start up guide
• BC Government – Starting a new farm
• Indigenous Tourism BC
• North Okanagan Organic Association
• Organic BC
• Agriculture Emergency Preparedness Workbook
• Organizations to reach out to:
  • CFDC of CIFN – Business resources
  • Sto:lo Business Association
  • BC Young Farmers Association
  • Young Agrarians
  • Vancouver Urban Farming Society
  • Farm Folk City Folk
• University programs:
  • University of the Fraser Valley – Agriculture Center of Excellence
  • Kwantlen Polytechnic University – Agriculture
  • Thompson Rivers University – Sustainable Ranching Program

1.1 Land Assessment

• BC Land Matching Program by the Young Agrarians
• The Market Garden
• BC First Frost Dates
• BC Last Frost Dates
• Plant hardiness zones
• West Coast Seeds: South Central Planting Chart
• Young Agrarians Transition Toolkit

1.2 Mentorship and Learning

• COABC and BCAFM
• BC Agriculture Council
• Chase Farmer’s Institute
• TRU Sustainable Ranching Program field trips

2.0 Property Design

• Legal property lines (the City of Kamloops map)
• Principles of Permaculture website
• Verge Permaculture: Website and YouTube channel
• The Permaculture Handbook: Garden Farming for Town and Country by Peter Bane
• Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway
• Regenerative Agriculture: A Practical Whole Systems Guide to Making Small Farms Work by Richard Perkins

2.1 Farm Labour

• WWOOF
• Young Agrarians

2.2 Water Access and Irrigation

• Video with some tips for installation

2.3 Structures, Tools, and Fencing

• The Market Gardener page

2.4 Crop Storage

• More information on cold storage

3.0 Soil Health

• Province of BC Agriculture and Soil Health
• BC Nutrient Management Calculator
• C:N Ratios in Cropping Systems
• This Steeped in Soil resource by 4H Canada explains soil health very clearly, and includes several soil tests and activities, including the Ribbon Test
• BCSIFT
• Soil Health principles
• The Market Gardener by Jean-Martin Fortier (p.53-79) – Lots of information about soil health and organic fertilization methods
• Regenerative Agriculture: A Practical Whole Systems Guide to Making Small Farms Work by Richard Perkins (p.226-239) – Compost

3.1 Land Management Practices

• BC Nutrient Management Calculator
• Regenerative Farming by Young Agrarians
• Integrated Pest Management guide

4.0 Farm Enterprise Plan

• New Farm Start-Up Guide
• Preparing a Business Plan: A Guide for Agricultural Producers
• Kwantlen Polytechnic University – enterprise budgets
• Young Agrarians has a great blog and webinar

4.1 Greenhouse Production

• Greenhouse Checklist
• BC Greenhouse Floriculture
• BC Greenhouse Vegetables

4.2 Market Garden

• For a sample crop planning calendar
• Soil blocks from Johnny’s Seeds or Lee Valley
• BC Vegetable Crop Production Guides – many specific crops are listed
• Vegetable Production Guide: Food Safety (Good Agricultural Practices) (PDF)
• Vegetable Production Guide: Grower’s Record (PDF)
• Vegetable Production Guide: Nutrient Management (PDF)
• Vegetable Production Guide: Optimum Storage Conditions for Vegetables (PDF)
• Vegetable Production Guide: Pest Management (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• Tips from The Young Agrarians planning your market garden
• The Four Season Farm and The Winter Harvest Handbook by Eliot Coleman
• The Market Gardener by Jean-Martin Fortier
• The Lean Farm by Ben Hartman
• Sustainable Market Farming: Intensive Vegetable Production on a Few Acres by Pam Dawling

4.3 Orchard

• The Holistic Orchard by Michael Phillips
• Listen to this Future Ecologies podcast about BC Indigenous forest gardens

4.4 Poultry

• BC Poultry Production Information
• BC Chicken Marketing Board – New Entrants
• Regenerative Agriculture: A practical whole systems guide to making small farms work by Richard Perkins

4.5 Food Processing

• Examples of Food Safety Plans, a workbook, you can use this template to write your plan
• There are some training videos
• Interior Health: Food Safety
• Interior Health: Food Premises
• CanadaGAP information
• Small Scale Food Processor Association
• Local commercial kitchens:
  • Kwelsetken Kitchen Trailer (CIFN of CFDC)
  • The Stir (Kamloops)
  • YeKm Food Hub (Lytton)

4.6 Seed Saving

• Seed Matters – seed saving chart
• Kamloops Food Policy Council runs a community seed library
• Seed Savers Exchange – How to save your own seed
• How to Save Your Own Seeds By Diane Joubert & Bob Wildfong
• Seed Matters – Seed saving chart with plant spacing and pollination
• Saving tomato seeds // Lettuce // Bean and Pea
• Bauta Family Initiative on Seed Security

5.0 Marketing

• Young Agrarians blog on marketing
• CFDC of CIFN business resources
• The Market Gardener by Jean Martin Fortier

5.1 Direct to Customer

• Kamloops Regional Farmers’ Market
• Kweseltken Farmers’ & Artisan Market

5.2 Wholesale

• Farm to restaurant marketing presentation.
• Young Agrarians page about selling to retailers