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We are looking for a new brewer, starting March 1 Position: Brewer at farm-based brewery Position: Brewer, full timeLocation: Sorrento, Shuswap Lake, Southern Interior BC Job Summary: Our tiny team works together to make consistently great beers in a supportive yet independent work environment. We're as passionate about equality and sustainability as we are about our product. The head brewer is responsible for brewing, managing and kegging every batch in a fully hands-on 10HL on-farm organic brewery. She or he will plan brews following established recipes, oversee yeast management and propagation, inventory management and grain handling (including spent grain). She...

In 800 years of colonization, the Empire used Ireland as a proving ground for techniques of repression and division. Those tools were used all over the Empire.

As the Empire began to crumble, its bureaucrats used political divisions to try to retain control over places where they no longer had military power or direct governance. South Africa, Israel, Ireland - all are victims of this policy, and each of them struggle to overcome this disastrous legacy. Both South Africa and Ireland are now exemplars of how conversation can heal divisions and create unity, healing from war and building local governance.

What we heard, over and over, was the need for conversation. It was only when people began to talk, despite the rage and pain, that peace could be built. It was only when people listened that change could begin.

We need to stop thinking of farmers markets as temporary events, a short-term solution for farmers until they “get big”, or as tourist attractions. We need to treat farmers markets as a key piece of our local food system which can be a permanent marketing solution for farms of all sizes. We need to develop local policies that support people accessing the market, from transportation (local bus systems) to permanent year-round market venues with attached storage. We need to also support local food in our schools and hospitals, recognizing that people get well faster and think better when they are well fed.

preserving the bounty to increase your food security, and supporting farmers markets to keep the food system viable.