Posted in Apprentices, Uncategorized on August 28, 2008 | Comments Off
Possibly Botrytis on my Beans!
Hello from the apprentices…or the apprentii as we have been come to know around the farm.
August has come and almost passed. We are deep into the weeks of a harvest-packed walk-in cooler (almost to the point we can’t get in). The beans won’t stop producing their bounty (Bean Fest anyone?), [...]
Posted in Walkabouts, tagged asparagus, chickens, cucumbers, flowers, grapes, melons, rain on August 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Posted in News Items, tagged guerrilla gardening, Richard Reynolds, video on August 28, 2008 | Comments Off
Andrea at HeavyPetal drew my attention to this video following Richard Reynolds, author of On Guerrilla Gardening, through the process of planning and executing an urban guerrilla operation. It’s quite an interesting insight into the work that goes into a public space makeover like this.
Posted in News Items, tagged articles, urban agriculture, victory gardens, water crisis on August 28, 2008 | Comments Off
Looking for a bit of reading this morning? The Organic Consumers Association has links up to three articles of interest:
Victory Gardens Symbolize a New Age, by Barbara L. Minton
Food, Fuel and Water Crises Converging, by Thalif Deen
How Cities Across the World Are Promoting Urban Agriculture, by de Zeeuw, Dubbeling, van Veenhuizen and Wilbers
Posted in Walkabouts, tagged beans, cauliflower, eggplant, flowers, peas, squash, walkabout on August 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Photos from the fields…
Beans on the trellis, Gemma picking…
Pole bean flowers…
Summer and winter squashes…
Purple cabbage, the brassica field…
Psychadelic cauliflower, peas on the vine…
Hoophouse peppers and eggplants…
… and last, an aster and a Venidium, blooming.
Posted in News Items, tagged articles, economics, free trade, Touch the Soil, WTO on August 12, 2008 | Comments Off
As a new monthly feature on this blog we’ll be syndicating the free column produced by Touch the Soil magazine, a publication dedicated to “raising agricultural awareness for households of the future”. This month we’re happy to share with you a piece by Benjamin Grissin on the global economics of agriculture. For more information [...]
Posted in Events, tagged foodies on August 12, 2008 | Comments Off
If you’ve got time tonight and love food, you might want to take a bit of time tonight to drop by the Vancouver Fruit Tree Project’s harvest season kick-off at the Rhizome Cafe (map) from 6-9pm. Attractions include cheap food, door prizes, and very cool people.
About the project: “The Vancouver Fruit Tree Project is a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ecohealth, Health on August 11, 2008 | Comments Off
Keltie Craig and Margot Parkes standing in front of our Harvest Hut mural. Photo by Martin Dee, for UBC
The most current UBC Reports has a story about a new course in ecohealth which will utilize the Farm. Available at UBC in 2008, this course is a pertinent reminder that the Farm isn’t just a resource [...]
