Planning farm water systems, irrigation designs, soil building practices, grazing and nutrient management, riparian restoration, and vegetative buffers.

I give general guidance on technical questions, connect farmers with experts and resources, and organize workshops and create educational content to address common issues. The Kootenay & Boundary Farm Advisor agricultural extension (www.kbfa.ca) is free for farmers.

The Environmental Farm Plan program is a service every farmer in BC should use. Planning advisors speak with you for about 4 hours plus a farm tour, in total confidence, where we identify risks and opportunities from neighbours and regulations to soil tests and better tools. I supply you with maps and some resources, we mix it with your knowledge of the farm, and we come up with a game plan. That's it. You're now "in" and we can try to line you up with provincial funding for plans and projects and, if you check all the right boxes, you'll get a nifty sign...

My family and I have built a small farm on the edge of town that sells chicken eggs, goat meat, and nursery plants at the farm gate. We lease some extra land, try our hand at just about anything until we've explored all posisble avenues for failure, and generally aim to "live the dream."