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Tuesday Farmers’ Market

Tuesday Markets at the UBC Farm June 2 – October 27, 2020 from 4:00PM-6:30PM Conveniently timed so you can grab your groceries after work. Click here for full market details. COVID-19 Market Guidelines More options at Multi-vendor Saturday Market Market blog: recipes and vendor interviews The Tuesday afternoon Farm Market is a wonderful time to […]
Cory Spencer

Cory Spencer

Cory Spencer Cory Spencer – 2009 Graduate of the UBC Farm Practicum What is your occupation? I own a 130 head goat dairy and cheese making operation called the Haltwhistle Cheese Co. We produce a variety of raw milk goat and cow’s milk cheeses. Cory was originally a software developer. Learn more about his unique […]
Farmers: Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Farmers: Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Building Resilient Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond Farmers: Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic From labour shortages to supply chain delays, COVID-19 has ushered in a host of new challenges for B.C. farmers. How are farmers responding to the day-to-day disruptions caused by pandemic? As food insecurity becomes tangible for many British Columbians, how […]
Eating Close to Home: Fostering Local Food Production During COVID-19

Eating Close to Home: Fostering Local Food Production During COVID-19

Building Resilient Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond Eating Close to Home: Fostering Local Food Production During COVID-19 As COVID-19 outbreaks and restaurant closures have exposed the fragility of the industrial food system, local food producers are stepping in to pick up the slack. For many local farmers, processors, restaurant-owners, and community workers, COVID-19 has […]
Essential Labour, Essential Lives: Migrant Agricultural Workers and COVID-19

Essential Labour, Essential Lives: Migrant Agricultural Workers and COVID-19

Building Resilient Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond Essential Labour, Essential Lives: Migrant Agricultural Workers and COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped many Canadians’ understanding of essential labour. Now, more than ever, it is undeniable that undocumented and migrant workers form the backbone of our economy. At the same time, migrant workers in the agricultural […]
Bee smart: How I ended up pushing a weather station around campus in a baby stroller

Bee smart: How I ended up pushing a weather station around campus in a baby stroller

Bee smart: How I ended up pushing a weather station around campus in a baby stroller Jennifer Lipka is an undergraduate student with the UBC BeeHIVE Research Cluster researching bumble bee abundance and diversity on UBC campus. Read more about her research, and how it feeds into the Bee Smart program. Check out the full […]
CBC Feature: Clare Cullen

CBC Feature: Clare Cullen

CBC Feature: Clare Cullen “I think this whole COVID pandemic has made people think that our food system, the distribution system may be damaged by a pandemic like this,” said Clare Cullen in a recent article published in the CBC. Check out the full article here.
Janice Ammundsen cuddles one the baby goats on her Quadra Island farm.

National Observer Feature: Dr. Hannah Wittman

National Observer Feature: Dr. Hannah Wittman “COVID-19 is making visible these really deep cracks in our food system…we don’t have the necessary public infrastructure to sustain a regionally resilient food system because a lot of our agriculture investment is focused on exports,” said Dr. Hannah Wittman in a recent article published in the National Observer. […]
COVID-19 notifications at a grocery store.

5 Lessons for Food System Thinking from COVID-19

5 lessons for food system thinking from COVID-19: Susanna Klassen “Civil society groups working on food systems change have argued that this crisis presents an opening to do things differently. Indeed, many are poised to use this crisis for transformation — coalescing around issues like a Universal Basic Income and rights and protections for migrant […]
Researchers probe the complexities of crop resiliency (BioLab Business)

Researchers probe the complexities of crop resiliency (BioLab Business)

BioLab Business Feature: Researchers probe the complexities of crop resiliency The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at the UBC Farm is on the cutting edge of climate adaptation and resiliency in agriculture, according to a recent feature by BioLab Business. From measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions among various crops to identifying soil microbes that can boost […]