The North Shore’s Garden Advocate
October 1, 2009
Heather Johnstone runs the Edible Garden Project on Vancouver’s North Shore.
Just wrapping up its 4th year, the the project encourages residents to share their bounty with people in need, as well as putting together a variety of urban agriculture and community garden projects.
This week, Heather and team opened the Queen Mary Community Garden, located in the City of North Vancouver. Those of you who aren’t from the North Shore may not be aware that there is both City of North Vancouver, and a District of North Vancouver. Heather’s project involves both municipalities.
Earlier this summer, I spoke to Heather about the project and where things are going with urban agriculture on the North Shore. We met up at the Lower Lonsdale Community Garden…
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Runs: 11:01
Podcast ISBN: 978-1-926758-03-9
photos and podcast © Robert Ouimet & Bigsnit Media 2009
Good to Grow – Author Interview
August 25, 2009
Author David Tracey has a new, 6-part series of articles about urban agriculture, currently running in the The Tyee.
The series is called Good to Grow: Raising Food in BC’s Cities.
I recently sat down with David to find out more about the series…
Runs: 11:08
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podcast ISBN: 978-1-926758-02-2
podcast and photo © Bigsnit Media Consulting Inc.
- David Tracey’s website: DavidTracey.ca
- David is the author of Guerrilla Gardening: A Manualfesto
- Good to Grow, a 6-part series in TheTyee.ca
Seattle’s Urban Gardeners
July 5, 2009
Writer James Glave has an excellent first hand report on how residents of Seattle and Ballard in Washington State are getting into vegetable gardens, many with the help of their municipal governments
The City encourages residents to plant in the “parking strip”– the generous swath of city-owned property between a sidewalk and the street–and issues guidelines and advice on how to do it right. The city’s Department of Neighborhoods also oversees the P-Patch program, a network of community gardens. (from the article, Eat Your Yard)
Loads of pictures and video on his site, JamesGlave.com
March 7 | Urban Agriculture – Soil and the City
February 23, 2009
Spring workshop and AGM of the Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science.
Please join in this series of presentations, discussions and short field tours on the topic of urban agriculture and soil. This workshop is open to the public and participation by professionals and non-professionals alike is welcome.
Come and see how soil and food production can exist in an urban setting.
UBC, MacMillan Bldg. $20 including lunch.
8:30 am to 3:30 pm.
More information available at www.prsss.ca or email.
Can a city feed itself?
May 15, 2008
American Farmland Trust has received a grant to research the feasiblity of San Fransisco feeding itself. This is a very progressive thought, and something that may be a need to be a reality for cities across the world as population grows and farm land continues to shrink.
