NSYF Board

Sara lives in Antigonish county with her husband, Devin, and their son, Dirks, on his family’s dairy farm. Sara’s family has been involved in the agriculture community in Antigonish for generations. She is passionate about including her family in the day to day operations of their farm business.

She was a 4-H member for 11 years and her passion for agriculture grew from there. She worked on a dairy farm in high school and college. Sara and her husband went to Australia and worked on a large grain farm for a year, while traveling the country in their spare time.

Sara has been a Registered Massage Therapist for 10 years and works at a Physiotherapy clinic in Antigonish. She also has her own health and wellness business, specializing in nutritional supplements and products.

Rachel Lives in Sheffield Mills, Kings County where she farms along side her oldest brother and two uncles on their family farm, Wilmar Acres. The farm produces broiler chickens and onions. Rachel graduated from Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture in 2023 with a Bachelor of Science (Agriculture) majoring in agriculture business, and minoring in plant science. After graduation Rachel moved home to continue farming with her family and planting her own roots. Rachel was the 2023/24 Atlantic Canada representative for the Chicken Farmers of Canada young farmers program and a Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia new entrant. Rachel has a passion for agriculture and is excited to be on the board.

Tyler is a fourth-generation farmer from Forest Hill, and works on his family farm, Jordans Natural Acres (grass fed beef, pasture raised poultry, free range eggs, and free range pork). Tyler has many passions, including working with animals, regenerative agriculture, growing diverse cover crops, rotational pasture, habitat and biodiversity for wildlife, and sustainable forestry management. Tyler is president of Kings County Federation of Agriculture and sits on the Board for Wolfville Farmers Market. Tyler is a new father to Henry, and is raising the fifth generation of Jordans Natural Acres with his partner Danielle.

Nichole lives in Caledonia, Queens County with her partner and their three children. She works on her family farm (wild blueberry production, honeybee pollination, honey production, and wild blueberry value-added products). Nichole has been involved with the farm for as long as she can remember, taking on many roles—from helping in the production plant and creating value added products to beekeeping. She takes great pride in continuing her family’s legacy of hard work, sustainability, and commitment to local food production.

Shamus lives in Antigonish County and works on his family dairy farm with his father, Jack. Shamus and his family have been involved in farming for over 200 years. Shamus graduated from Dal AC with a Diploma in Dairy Business Management. He also spent 13 years as an active 4-H member, taking part in a variety of projects, national travel opportunities, Tug-of-War and Woodsmen competitions.

Andrew lives in Falmouth with his wife Emma and son Kasen and farms with his family. The farm consists of a commercial & purebred cow calf operation as well as vegetable production. He is the third generation within the operation. Andrew holds a BSc. in Agriculture Business from Dalhousie university and currently works for a financial institution as an agriculture relationship manager.

Larry operates a small beef farm, Larry Weatherby Livestock, in Harmony. Larry has been involved with the young farmers organization since 2014 and has served on the Board of Directors for many of those years. He grew up on a cow calf operation and has been involved with agriculture his whole life. Aside from farming he sits on many other boards and volunteers with his local 4-H Club and fire brigade.