Sowing Seeds Update-June 11th

Although the rain has made June feel more like Junuary, last week was filled with one rain soaked adventure after another for us apprentices. (I feel bad for the little basil that got planted in our plot last week and the shock of weather that they have had to endure). Although Elaine did [...]

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Sowing Seeds Apprentice Update-June 2

Although this entry marks the first of many Sowing Seeds updates to come, it is difficult to put down all that has been going on and learned by the seven apprentices over the past two months. The farm has definitely changed from a quiet place to a busy network of great people and [...]

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June 17th – first potato harvest

There’s a new garden on campus – the LFS Orchard garden, just behind the MacMillan building, which is home to the Faculty of Land and Food Systems. Currently it’s producing just one crop – potatoes. It’s always been difficult for us to grow nice potatoes on the Farm due to our friendly resident wireworms who [...]

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Great turn-out for Wednesday’s workshop

To everyone who attended Wednesday’s UBC Food Systems workshop: thank you so much. The event went as well as it possibly could have, in my opinion, with a resounding message of support for the UBC Farm as the outcome. Each of around a dozen break-out groups used their report-back time to make a strong statement [...]

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Why a response to Stephen Toope’s response?

Some of you may be wondering the reason behind my last blog post titled: “A response to Stephen Toope’s form letter response.” Oops- thanks to Ayla for pointing out that I should give a brief backgrounder on this…. soooo….As far as anyone can tell, Stephen Toop (president of UBC) has been sending roughly the same response letter to everyone who writes [...]

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New drop-in volunteer session: Thursdays, 5pm-9pm

Beginning Thursday, July 3rd (that’s next week) we will be adding an additional drop-in volunteer session. Join us Thursday nights from 5pm-9pm for a sunset session where we do some harvesting, prep for the big harvest work on Friday, and listen to the sounds of the Farm settling in for the night. Thursday evening shifts are great [...]

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A Response to Stephen Toope’s form letter response

From: Andrew Rushmere
2840 Fraser st.
Vancouver, BC
V5T 3V9
arushmere@hotmail.com
604-329-0050
To: Stephen Toope, President of UBC
103-6328 Memorial Road
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z2
Dear Stephen Toope,
I’m not sure whether you will actually get a chance to read this letter. If this is somebody in your office reading, I would certainly appreciate if you could pass this letter on for Dr. Toope. I would like [...]

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The Farm on IAM Vancouver

Gavin was recently interviewed by Kristin of IAM Vancouver, a local democratic media site where users can post videos and articles. Kristin interviews Gavin about the future of the Farm and tours the site. Check it out below:

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Campus Planning Workshop Registration Update

We’ve just heard that people attempting to register for the Food Systems workshop on the 25th (next Wednesday) are now being told that registration is at capacity. Names are being put onto a waiting list, but we still encourage you to attend the consultation, regardless of what you’re told about being able to register. We [...]

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Main Street Car Free Day

Thanks to everyone who visited our table at the Car Free Day festival on Sunday. Thanks to you, we collected over 250 signatures on our Save the UBC Farm petition and sold a whack of tomato seedlings. Hope you all enjoyed the open streets and the entertainment!

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