All Blog Posts Tagged 'food' (15)

I now have a service to offer Vancouver and Greater Vancouver: custom made Greenhouse/Solarium Fabrication and Installation. These greenhouses are locally made and installed.

Want to reduce carbon emissions? The highest energy return on energy invested of any human endeavour is the greenhouse where you can assist nature in growing food. Whether you rent or own your yard and would like to have a greenhouse to grow food or want a solarium for your hot tub? We offer installed…

Love this idea! There's an inspiring short video: http://ow.ly/rjj1q

Hello all,

I've been involved in a year-long community research project on urban farming in Vancouver, and as part of it, the Vancouver Urban Farming Society has brought together a team of stellar community surveyors from across the City of Vancouver to collect valuable survey data from people in their neighbourhood on their perceptions and experiences of urban farming.

In addition to the work of our team of community surveyors – we are also circulating the survey online to try…

New Approach to Collaborative Problem Solving and Citizen Peacebuilding

(being introduced by two companion websites and four key documents)

The websites, the documents, and the approach

We are in uncharted territory, for there is no culture or association of societies that ever existed on planet Earth which has had to resolve the kind of challenges the next few generations of people will have to resolve [see “A List of Ten Critical Challenges” (also accessible from the…

Source: http://grist.org/food/chicago-urban-ag-farm-district-could-be-the-biggest-in-the-nation/

A rendering of the planned urban farm district, which would run along the Chicago’s New ERA Trail.

Chicago’s Black Belt area, on the historic South Side, was once a hub for jazz, blues, and literature, but today is riddled with vacant lots, poverty, and blight. Now, a new plan…

I'm writing a piece about food forests for a Vancouver magazine.
Do you know of any food forests in the city?
I'm especially interested in getting photos of mature sites...
Thanks!

Some of you may have been following the case of Michael Schmidt, biodynamic farmer in Ontario who is currently on a hunger strike. I think it is day 19 now....

What is he protesting? Our very basic right to decide for ourselves what we put into our own bodies.

In both the US and Canada, judges have ruled that we can't drink milk right from our own cows. Canada and the US are marching in-step towards a future where our food is completely controlled by…

Feature: My one-year crash course in subsistence gardening is over

Wild Yards facebook page live! Share Wild Yard photos, stories, tips, questions.

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The Westside Food Security Collaborative and Kitsilano Neighbourhood House invite you to a vegetarian potluck (please bring a dish to share if you can) on August 3, 6-8 pm at the Neighbourhood House Hall, 2305 West 7th @ Vine. If you grow it, eat it, sell it, make it, serve it, throw it (or just plain love it) please join us. ...The evening will be an open space; come talk about what’s important to you about food on the…

Bannock and Stew Fundraising Dinner: Eat for Food Justice!  



When:  Saturday May 7th, 6-9pm 

Where: 672 East Broadway  - The Organizing Centre for Social and Economic Justice 



Have a delicious dinner and support the work of the Mount Pleasant Food Justice Project!  With starvation level welfare rates and minimum wage, many people in our community can't afford healthy food.  The Mount Pleasant Food…

Bannock and Stew Fundraising Dinner: Eat for Food Justice!  



When:  Saturday May 7th, 6-9pm 

Where: 672 East Broadway  - The Organizing Centre for Social and Economic Justice 



Have a delicious dinner and support the work of the Mount Pleasant Food Justice Project!  With starvation level welfare rates and minimum wage, many people in our community can't afford healthy food.  The Mount Pleasant Food…

The town of Sedgwick, Maine, population 1,012 (according to the 2000 census), has become the first town in the United States to pass a Food Sovereignty ordinance.  In doing so, the town declared their right to produce and sell local foods of their choosing, without the oversight of State or federal regulation.  

Reposted from www.helladelicious.com.

I have been following closely the adventures of the Underground Market that was started up in San Francisco a couple years ago and I would really like to see one get going here in Vancouver BC. I recently read this update from them, which takes a look at the lessons they have…