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The UBC Farm Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture is a part-time, 8-month program that offers instruction and daily work experience in small-scale sustainable farm management.
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To many consumers, the tomato has become an indicator of food system health. Or – in the minds of foodies everywhere – the embodiment of a food system that’s lost its flavour.
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“Mob Grazing” has received glowing reports of being everything from a recipe for healthier soils to a tool to fight climate change. How will it work at the UBC Farm?
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UBC Farm is excited and honored to be named one of Canada’s most ambitious and successful farmers’ markets by Maclean’s Magazine’s OnCampus Edition.
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At any point from July through December you might be lucky enough to arrive at the UBC farm on a day when the salmon smoke is on.
Read MorePosted by: ubcfarm | October 27, 2011 | no comments
The UBC Farm Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture is a part-time, 8-month program that offers instruction and daily work experience in small-scale sustainable farm management.
Filed under: Spotlight | Tags: future, Land and Food Systems, Practicum, sustainable, Urban Agriculture
Posted by: jennhoney | September 20, 2011 | 2 comments
To many consumers, the tomato has become an indicator of food system health. Or – in the minds of foodies everywhere – the embodiment of a food system that’s lost its flavour.
Filed under: Spotlight | Tags: fertilizer, plant science, Student projects, sustainable, tomato
Posted by: ubcfarm | June 1, 2011
The initial reinvention of the UBC South Campus farm was founded upon two visionary documents. The first, “Re-Inventing the UBC Farm,” provided a high-level vision for bringing together urban agriculture and forestry on the Point Grey campus, and the second, “Elaboration of an Alternative,” proposed a detailed physical plan and program for the south campus [...]
Filed under: History, Publications, Student Projects | Tags: land use planning, landscape architecture, papers, strategic planning, Student projects, Urban Agriculture
Posted by: ubcfarm | June 1, 2011 | no comments
“Mob Grazing” has received glowing reports of being everything from a recipe for healthier soils to a tool to fight climate change. How will it work at the UBC Farm?
Filed under: Spotlight | Tags: animal behaviour, animal welfare, Joel Salatin, Land and Food Systems, Livestock, Temple Grandin, Urban Agriculture
Posted by: jacob | September 8, 2010 | no comments
UBC Farm is excited and honored to be named one of Canada’s most ambitious and successful farmers’ markets by Maclean’s Magazine’s OnCampus Edition.
Filed under: Spotlight | Tags: Farmers Market, local food, MacLeans Magazine, McMaster University, student farmers market
Posted by: amy | July 28, 2010 | no comments
At any point from July through December you might be lucky enough to arrive at the UBC farm on a day when the salmon smoke is on.
Filed under: Spotlight | Tags: Community Service-Learning, salmon, smoking salmon, UBC Civil Engineering, Urban Aboriginal, Vancouver Native Health Society
