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Tag Archives: Vancouver
Guerrilla gardens going mainstream
Article from today’s Vancouver Province…can you say “usufruct”? Guerrilla gardens going mainstream.
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Tagged food policy, guerrilla gardening, province newspaper, urban agriculture, usufruct, Vancouver
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From garden city to farm city
The Vancouver Sun has an article in this morning’s paper about (kicking my instep and tugging my forelock in embarrassment)… me.
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Tagged environment, urban agriculture, urban design, urban farming, Vancouver
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Will Allen Words of Wisdom
Will Allen is in Vancouver rallying the urban agriculture troops. Today it included a meeting at City Hall, where Mayor Gregor Robertson is a former organic farmer himself. Even though inspirational Dutch urban planner Jan Gehl was in City Hall … Continue reading
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Tagged growing power, urban agriculture, urban farming, Vancouver, Will Allen
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Home Groan
Marilyn Tower, owner of Abbotsford’s Tower Foods, with some of the products seized from Vancouver’s Home Grow-In Grocer by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency due to alleged inadequate labelling. Credit: Doug Shanks — From the Weekender Home Grow-In, that cool … Continue reading
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Tagged home grow-in grocer, home-grown, local food, organic, urban farming, Vancouver
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2010 Clampdown
It’s never fun getting stopped and questioned by the border guards heading into the States, even when you didn’t do anything wrong. It’s usually more relaxing coming back into Canada. You promise you aren’t carrying any forbidden fruit, and you’re … Continue reading
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Tagged amy goodman, clampdown, free speech, Vancouver, winter olympics
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This Land Is Your Land
Cam Macdonald wanted to do right by the planet when he went looking for a new vocation last year. His search took him right back to the farm. But he didn’t really come from an agricultural background, unless you count … Continue reading
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Tagged cam macdonald, organic gardening, podcasts, urban agriculture, Vancouver, vegetable, yard to farm
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Now Hear This…(new podcast series)
We’re up and running…well not really running. But standing, and talking, to all kinds of lively people for a podcast series out to answer a simple question: Can Urban Agriculture Save the World? I’m doing it together with famed compost … Continue reading
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Tagged Downtown Eastside, food garden project, green roof, podcasts, urban agriculture, urban garden, Vancouver, YWCA
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