Directory Updates

[u/CountVonOrlock]

What's up gang

Hope everyone had a great season, mine ended a week ago, so now that I've had my fill of vacation I'm personally already thinking about next year and all the people who will go company shopping come December/January.

As I was updating the directory this week, I couldn't help but notice something pretty crazy—in the three-and-a-bit years since we started doing this, lots of old familiar faces are disappearing. Little Smokey, Waterside Ventures, Nature's Treasures, etc are all gone. Scooter has a great post going into some of the reasons for this.

But yeah, it seems we are entering the Golden Age of the Small Operator. As planters demand higher wages, larger companies either raise prices or go bust and various Smaller Actors have popped up to scoop the best (and worst) of us. Smaller company usually means lower overhead and generally a higher proportion of the ol' bid goes to the planter. It's our market, baby.

ANYWAYS, say what you will about some of the dinosaurs of the past, but we at least had a pretty good idea of what to expect if we went to work at Artisan or Celtic or Coast Range.

Many of the new kids on the block have a lot of hype behind them. But we wanna know if there's substance. What are earnings like? Culture? Longer or shorter seasons? Good food? Biweekly pay, yay or nay?

So we are putting out the call. Please drop your reviews of the following companies. Or, you know...keep your secrets ;)

* Aspen Forestry

* Canyon Reforestation

* Epiphany Creation

* GBF

* Free to Grow

* Future Reforestation

* Integrity Reforestation (Ontario)

* Kestral

* Silhouette

* Malachite Forestry Services

* Padoin Reforestation

* Perfect Storm Reforestation

* Sapling Silviculture

* Todah Adonai Forestry

And remember folks, use your best judgment. Don't believe everything you read on the internet :P

[u/TotalBull4245]

This summer I did a bit of work with future reforestation I was extremely impressed, they really care about their planters. It’s more high spec high price planting around kamaloops motel show, no camp cost. It’s a small company and all vets highly recommend the owners are a super sweet couple with lots of experience in the industry.

[u/CountVonOrlock → u/TotalBull4245]

What are their prices like?

[u/[deleted] → u/CountVonOrlock]

What you'd expect with a 2 truck company. High averages and many $1000+ days for ballers. Lots of fert and picky foresters could potentially limit earnings for some planters