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Urban Farming Forum
We met with some city planners yesterday to talk about about city policy and how it affects urban farmers and what needs to happen to change that policy. The two main things we discussed were finding policy precedents and reporting about them back to the city and holding a public forum on urban farming with…
Urban Farming in 2011
It’s so hard to get back in gear after the holidays! But lot’s is going on so I should try and keep up on the blog! On Thursday, Wes and I and Shirley (BOB CEO) met with Vancity to discuss how they can help move the development of an urban farming network forward. It was…
Urban Farming in 2011
It’s so hard to get back in gear after the holidays! But lot’s is going on so I should try and keep up on the blog! On Thursday, Wes and I and Shirley (BOB CEO) met with Vancity to discuss how they can help move the development of an urban farming network forward. It was…
Urban Farming Meeting Imminent
Well, our first urban farming meeting is taking place this Monday, Nov. 22. The response has been great with 48 people confirming their attendance. It’s actually a little more than we have room for, but its hard to complain about success! The interest in this meeting is encouraging as an indicator for the future of…
Urban Farming Shmooser
Well, I have been a busy body in the last while, meeting with all sorts of people and talking about urban farming. So, what has happened: It looks like I have secured some funding for the urban farming working groups, though the exact amount is not yet determined. I am hoping to generate more donations…
Urban Farming Subsidies
I have been thinking a bit about subsidies lately. I kind of like them. Especially for small growers. I was thinking that we need to be careful about how we talk about subsidies. We often have a negative take on them, especially when contrasting local food with imported food. “Imported food comes from large subsidized…
Urban Farming To Do list
I needed to write this somewhere! – Compile list of urban farmers/urban food producers for profit – Compile list of ‘questions’ for flip charts at urban farmer meeting – Write bog about planning meeting! – Get letters of support for grant. – Get more sleep – poster idea for urban farmers Does anyone else use…
Urban farming, of course.
So I need to reflect on the Jan 30 meeting a bit to process what was achieved. The Hopes and Fears exercise really demonstrated people’e desire to work together. This will be important in determining the success of the network. It also demonstrated the fear of the network not being able to follow through –…
Welcome
Welcome to my AGRO 260 Personal Blog. I have nothing to say right now, but believe my – I will!
Will Allen and Urban Farming in Vancouver!
What a brilliant two days for urban farming in Vancouver! Will Allen has been in town for the past two days and it has been a great time! Last night we had an intimate Q and A with him and about 30-40 urban farmers at Chapel Arts. He actually asked all of us to introduce…
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