Time to Think about the Garden and Rockstar Farming

Rockstar Farmer Tour - Six Figure Farming for Small Lots

Full day workshop

March 12, Cranbrook

Jean-Martin Fortier, Canada’s rockstar farmer, leads a workshop teaching his smart, intensive farming techniques married with smart business sense. You’ll learn how you can start a market garden and make it both productive and profitable—without a large acreage or big capital outlay. The workshop follows on the success of Jean-Martin’s 1.5 acre microfarm in Quebec, where he grows $140,000 of vegetables annually, and the success of his book The Market Gardener, which has sold more than 15,000 copies.

Tickets are available on a sliding scale from $45-$75. The workshop is co-sponsored by the Young Agrarians, Wildsight, and the Cranbrook Food Action Committee.

More info and tickets at: youngagrarians.org/jmf

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Rockstar Farmer Tour - Big Yields, Small Lots

7:30pm, March 11, Centre 64, Kimberley

Jean-Martin Fortier, Canada’s rockstar farmer, will share the story of his success as a young professional farmer on his own microfarm. He’ll also give an overview of his low-tech, high yield production methods, many of which can be used by gardeners everywhere, including soils and fertility, crop rotations, seeding, starting & transplanting, row covers and low tunnels, season extension techniques, weed control and more. Learn about Jean-Martin’s 1.5 acre farm in Quebec, where he grows $140,000 of vegetables annually, and his book The Market Gardener, which has sold more than 15,000 copies.

Admission is by $10 suggested donation. The presentation is co-sponsored by the Young Agrarians, Wildsight, and the Cranbrook Food Action Committee.

More info at wildsight.ca/jmfkimberley