Calling all farmers!

Young Agrarians (YA) invites you to join us to share knowledge and connect with each other – towards growing the next generation of farmers.

YA (un)conference-style Mixers are a great opportunity to support and connect with passionate new and young farmers in the YA network.

Threads woven through the weekend include sustainable business management, ecological and regenerative production, farmer health and wrap-around-care, policy change and Indigenous food sovereignty.

YA mixers are known for the remarkable connections made: new possibilities for collaboration, support, sharing and cooperation. To make the most of this, come with an openness to meet new people, share something that you have to offer (like employment, land or special skills) and something that you might need (such as specific tools, crop planning models or mentorship).

THEME: The theme of the mixer is “Resilience in Relationships” – a gesture towards the interconnections that sustain us, with the land and each other. Resilience is the work of a community, not an individual, and relationships bring us out of isolation and into connection. Resilience can be very practical – and this Mixer event seeks to connect us all better to skills, resources, practices and supports in a networked approach to navigate change together.

WHEN: Saturday, February 28 8:30am-9pm and Sunday, March 1, 2026 | 8:30am-4:30pm

WHERE: This two-day event will be held in snpintktn, at the Okanagan College campus of Penticton: 583 Duncan Ave W PC 256, Penticton, BC V2A 8E1

REGISTER: Please register on Eventbrite to reserve your spot.