As farmers and land stewards, we have a passion for learning. An important part of our whole farm vision includes sharing that learning with others through experiential learning, research, and outreach events. We provide opportunities for farming and environmental education, including farm tours, speaking engagements, and soil health workshops. Since 2021, we’ve provided on-farm learning opportunities for students from our local Cowichan Secondary School’s Environmental Stewardship Program.

Green Fire Farm employees gain hands-on experience in soil and water stewardship, plant and animal welfare, and many of the essential farm maintenance and care skills required to operate a diverse farming operation. As with many of DeLisa’s previous UBC Farm Practicum and Young Agrarian mentees, we take pride in supporting our former farm field crew with their next steps as practicing farmers or food systems entrepreneurs.

Green Fire Farm also collaborates and partners with on-farm research and outreach projects. This includes serving as a host farm site for long-term soil nutrient management research, facilitating demonstration research and outreach events across networks of Islands regional farm sites, and contributing invited presentations or workshops at farmer-to-farmer conferences and workshops throughout the province. Since 2015, these collaborators and partnerships have included UBC’s Sustainable Agriculture Landscapes Lab (SAL), the Canadian Organic Vegetable Improvement (CANOVI) cultivar trials, and the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food.