Ari Westhaver

Ari Westhaver is a farmworker based in the Fraser Valley on unceded Kwantlen territory where they grow organic mixed vegetables on a cooperative farm. Ari has been farming for 6 seasons and previously taught in a new farmer training program at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Ari is deeply passionate about labour justice and farmland access, two issues that pose significant barriers to their generation of farmers. These issues brought them to join the NFU, where they currently serve as the Regional Coordinator for Region 8 (BC/YT) and are an active member of the Farm Worker Working Group.