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[Spotlight Archive]

Fresh Roots Urban Farm on the cutting edge of food system education, one schoolyard at a time

Posted by: | May 6, 2012 | 4 comments

Story by Kate Petrusa Ilana Labow and her Fresh Roots Urban Farm team are taking a close look at the viability of urban farming in Vancouver, both in theory and practice.

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Passionate practicality: Family farming’s deadliest combination

Posted by: | April 27, 2012 | 2 comments

Story by Kate Petrusa Lydia and Rachel Ryall are two sisters who come from a long, unbroken line of farmers on both sides of their family.

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Your Local Food Pedalers gear up to expand local food distribution for Vancouverites

Posted by: | April 25, 2012 | 1 comment

Story by Kate Petrusa Vancouver’s urban population provides an essential customer base to many rural farmers, who readily commute

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Joy of Feeding 2012: Sharing food as a way of fostering deeper cross-cultural connections

Posted by: | April 21, 2012 | 1 comment

In preparation for the launch of this year’s Joy of Feeding, Meeru Dhalwala

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Bitterness brewing at UBC Farm: The first seasonal hopyard harvest

Posted by: | April 20, 2012 | no comments

Despite hops’ vital role in beer and the rich history of hop farming in the Fraser

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From law school to the land: One story of a “professional” farmer

Posted by: | April 18, 2012 | 1 comment

Story by Kate Petrusa Before starting his own farm, Andrew Arkesteyn-Vogler completed law school.

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The chicken or the egg… and the pig? Animal integration in a small-scale farm system

Posted by: | April 18, 2012 | 2 comments

Story by Kate Petrusa    I first visited Rootdown Organic Farm in June 2010, one month after the farm team took possession of their new land.

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Graining ground: Pairing grains and legumes for low-input organic farms

Posted by: | March 11, 2012 | 1 comment

While the vision of an endless golden, rolling wheat field may elicit nostalgia for an imagined agrarian paradise, the intensive agrochemical and irrigation inputs

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Detailing the nitty-gritty of forest and land-based assets at UBC Farm

Posted by: | March 11, 2012 | no comments

Thanks to the efforts of two sedulous UBC Forestry students, every 25 square

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Growing Farmers: Feeding the City

Posted by: | February 17, 2012 | no comments

Did you know that the average age of farmers in Canada is 52? North America needs new people to take up the reins of farming. With fresh eyes on the ground, opportunities to reinvigorate the way food is grown are cropping up

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Announcements

May 1, 2012
Our second-annual Joy of Feeding fundraiser is Sunday, June 10th at the UBC Farm. Tickets and more details are available at www.joyoffeeding.com. See you there!

May 1, 2012
The UBC Farm is now open to the public Tues-Sat, 9am-5pm.

April 30, 2012
Thanks to a recent Translink 41 re-route, busing to the farm is now much easier!
Please click here for more details.

April 2, 2012
Fundamentals of Permaculture Design Certification Course at UBC Farm (Aug-Sept) is now open for registration:
http://permacultureubcfarm2012.eventbrite.com

Feb 16, 2012
FarmWonders spring & summer camp registration is now open! www.farmwonders.ca

November 24, 2011
New farm access: For access routes to the UBC Farm during construction on South Campus, please see the following Google map.

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