The New Farmers

by Julianne Isaacs

Krystyna Delahaye didn’t always see herself as a farmer. Back in 2012, she wasn’t one. Originally from Quebec, Delahaye had simply moved to B.C. to work front of house in a restaurant and she met Jason Stashko, who was working as a cook in another restaurant.

It’s a story similar in its way to the stories that used to lead to successful farms all across Canada, where a shoe-string truck-farming or market-gardening operation got started by recent immigrants looking for a way to make a life in a new world.

Except, Delahaye’s story is today, not 50 or 100 years ago. And if Delahaye and Stashko are immigrants, it’s from the world outside of agriculture, not overseas.