BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69@organicalberta.org DTSTART:20260113T000000Z DTEND:20260113T000000Z DTSTAMP:20251127T214347Z URL:https://organicalberta.org/events/farm-tax-financial-literacy-online-y oung-agrarians/ SUMMARY:Farm Tax & Financial Literacy - Online - Young Agrarians DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nAre you a farmer with questions about taxes or finances f or your farm business? Are you a landholder wondering about the tax implic ations of leasing land? Join this webinar to get your questions answered!\ n\nBlake Lechkobit (farmer and Manager of Agriculture &\; Business Adv isory at MNP Accounting) will share some basic knowledge about farm tax an d financial literacy\, then open the floor for questions and discussion. P ascale Schittecatte-Ćirić (B.C. Land Matching Program (BCLMP) Manager) w ill also be there to share her insights\, having worked with farmers and l andholders on a wide variety of land use agreements through the BCLMP. Tog ether\, Blake and Pascale offer a wealth of knowledge\, so bring all your farm tax and finance questions\, and let’s chat!\n\nSome examples of top ics that may be covered:\n\n What tax implications should farmers and lan dholders consider before sharing land?\n What do farmers need to know abo ut before filing their business taxes for the first time?\n What is farm roll-over tax\, and how does it impact future plans for inheritance or tra nsfer of your land?\n … and much more!\n\nAll are welcome to join the c onversation\, although this webinar may be most useful to farmers that are in the early years of operating their farm businesses\, and landholders l ooking to lease land. This webinar will not be focused on basic business p lanning – if you are are looking for support with your initial farm busi ness planning\, check out the Business Bootcamp for New Farmers\, or our other farm business resources. Free business planning support is also ava ilable for land seekers participating in the B.C. Land Matching Program.\ n\nREGISTER: Please RSVP on Eventbrite by clicking the button below:\n\n\n \n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWHEN: January 13\, 2026 • 7-8:30 pm PT\n\nLOCATION: Online on Indigenous territories across what is today kno wn as Canada. Join us from the comfort of your couch\, office\, tractor\, compost heap – wherever you find yourself able to tune in! Zoom link wil l be sent out after registration.\n\nACCESSIBILITY: Closed captioning wil l be available for this webinar. The captions can be automatically transla ted in real time to 35 different languages. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at bclmp@youngagrarians.org if you have any questions regarding accessibility or need support joining the webinar.\n\nSHARE: Pl anning on joining us? Invite your friends and share the Facebook event.\n ABOUT BLAKE:\nBlake Lechkobit is the Manager of Agriculture &\; Busines s Advisory at MNP Accounting\, and is based on his family farm in Falkland \, BC. Prior to working with MNP\, he worked at BMO as their Senior Relati onship Manager in Agriculture for the Okanagan and Northern regions.\n\nBl ake understands the challenges of farming\, succession\, tax and finance t hrough first-hand experience. With a background in business start-up\, Bla ke came to the farming world through his wife\, Samantha: he married into her family dairy farm and supported them to scale the business into a comm ercial operation. Ultimately\, the dairy operation was sold\, but Blake\, Samantha\, and their two children now run a mixed operation on 80 acres\, complete with 399 layers\, 1\,500 broilers\, 50 hogs\, and 30 cow/calf pai rs! Blake is excited to be able to apply his first-hand and professional e xperience to his role at MNP\, where he can focus on advising agricultural businesses.\nABOUT PASCALE:\nOriginally from Gabriola Island\, Pascale sp ent her earliest years climbing hay bales and feeding bottle calves on Som erset Farm. After many years spent living in cities large and small\, Pasc ale found her way back to farming through food and wine. She worked for fi ve years as a winemaker and farm hand in the UK and the Okanagan before in itially joining the YA team as a Land Matcher in the Okanagan-Thompson. No w as program manager of the BCLMP\, Pascale enjoys supporting Land Matcher s throughout the province in their vital work. What Pascale most loves abo ut working in land access is connecting with people and supporting them to realise their farming goals.\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://organicalberta.org/wp-content/uploads/20 25/11/9-1.png CATEGORIES:Other Events END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR