Meet Cam MacDonald, Urban Farmer
July 8, 2009 · Print This Article
Cam MacDonald is a new breed of farmer.
He has no land, and his farm is scattered around the city of Vancouver.
Cam is practising urban agriculture, using yards donated by people he and his partners have met, people who are interested in converting lawns into food producing gardens. No tractor or gas-spewing farm machinery here; Cam zips between his plots on an electric scooter.
He’s the subject of the latest podcast in a series I’m producing with writers Spring Gillard and David Tracey called Can Urban Agriculture Save the World ?
runs 14:42
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Podcast ISBN: 978-1-926758-00-8
photos and podcast © Robert Ouimet & Bigsnit Media 2009
Cam MacDonald is also a professional artist – his latest work and exhibits have a food and food-supply related theme. You can see examples of his work on his website, CamMacDonald.ca
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My friend Oksana commented when she saw this post on Facebook:
“This is like SPIN farming (Small Plot InteNsive) farming. There is a couple in Saskatoon that practises this exact same thing, but sell their produce at the local farmer market. Very interesting…….O
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