Government of British Columbia
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The BCLMP, delivered by Young Agrarians has achieved more than 200 matches, bringing farmers and landholders together to strengthen the province’s food supply.
The BC Land Matching Program has just achieved more than 200 matches, bringing farmers and landholders together to strengthen the province’s food supply.
Sarah Wilson is the operator of Pendleton Farm, a rotational vegetable market garden in Merville in the Comox Valley. She was supported by the BCLMP to help develop her lease agreement with the landholders.
“As a new farmer starting a business, I didn’t have access to capital for purchasing land and I was lucky to connect with the landholders I now lease the property Pendleton Farm is on,” Wilson said. “Young Agrarians and the BC Land Matching Program provided us with professional knowledge and support as we negotiated the lease, and both the property owners and I were made much more comfortable by having these resources, which help people get off to the right start when navigating all the hurdles of farming.”
The BCLMP is delivered by Young Agrarians and offers support from the program’s five land matchers.
“Affordable access to land is the number one barrier that new and young farmers need to overcome today to start farms,” said executive director Sara Dent.