2025 BC Organic Conference Presenter
Michelle Schaeffer
Michelle Schaeffer
Michelle was born and raised just outside of Kamloops, British Columbia. After completing her post-secondary education in physical geography and environmental sciences, she moved to northeast BC where she has been living since 2006.
Michelle is a first-generation farmer, and with her young family, they are raising laying hens, hogs, beef, honeybees, and garlic north of Fort St. John at their certified organic farm, Whiskey Creek Ranch. They are licensed to process their poultry on-farm, and their on-farm commercial kitchen and market garden support local retail markets as a regional hub for processing soft fruits and field vegetables and value-adding goods for retail sales.
Professionally, Michelle is a practicing Professional Agrologist and has been working privately and within provincial Crown corporations in the resource industry on vegetation, soils, and groundwater management for over fifteen years.
Michelle is a founding member and Secretary of the Small-Scale Meat Producers Association and a grazing mentor with the Canadian Forage and Grasslands Association and Farmers for Climate Solutions Mentorship Programs.
Locally, Michelle is an active member of and fills various Board positions for a number of her local community and agricultural organizations.
Session: Biosecurity for Organic Livestock Producers – Practices, Products & Priorities