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Applications open soon – UBC Farm Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture
Applications open soon – UBC Farm Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture September 21, 2023 Be part of the future of farming and food systems. Join the UBC Farm Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture! Our Practicum program is a hands-on educational program providing students with a full growing season of experience. The six-month experiential learning program is designed […]
Fall Fair 1st Place Pie Recipe
Market Recipe Blog: Fall Fair 1st Place Pie (Apple Rose Tart with Pistachio Frangipane) We look forward to our annual Fall Fair pie contest all summer long to taste the medley of flavours our community bakes up for the occasion! Folks enter their time- and taste-tested pies to be judged (kindly!) and sampled, and […]
Organic Week, September 18-24!
Organic Week, September 18-24! This week, September 18-24th is Canada’s National Organic Week, which is the largest annual celebration of organic food, farming and products across the country. Hundreds of individual events showcase the benefits of organic agriculture and its positive impact on the environment. Read more about it and various events at Organic Week […]
UBC Farmers’ Market: A One of-a-kind Treasure
UBC Farmers’ Market: A One of-a-kind Treasure September 4, 2023 Down at the UBC Farm on Saturdays through June to November, buskers come to the market from all over to perform from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. On a recent Saturday, Barb Fraser and Dennis Henderson—who make up the Fraser-Henderson acoustic, electric folk-pop duo—were playing. Barb and […]
The underappreciated benefits of wild bees
The underappreciated benefits of wild bees September 14, 2023 More than 80 percent of flowering plants depend on insect pollinators to reproduce. When pollinators visit flowers — which act as the plants’ reproductive organs — to eat their nutritious pollen and nectar, the insects inadvertently transport the pollen between plants, which fertilizes the blooms, leading […]
'Needle in a haystack': Experts say finding daycare E. coli outbreak source complex
‘Needle in a haystack’: Experts say finding daycare E. coli outbreak source complex. September 13, 2023 As of Tuesday, there have been 264 lab-confirmed cases of the bacterial infection since the outbreak at 11 Calgary daycares was declared Sept. 4. Twenty-five patients were in hospital, with 22 having hemolytic uremic syndrome, a complication affecting the […]