Happy Holidays

Dear Friend of the UBC Farm,
Happy Holidays to you! Thank you for all of your amazing support this year in working towards saving the UBC Farm. There have been some positive steps forward over the past year, and we are looking forward to unequivocally securing the farm’s future in 2009!
To help set some key goals [...]

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Date change for Dec. bird survey

A message from the birding crew:
December Monthly Bird Survey – Rescheduled to Sunday December 14, beginning at 8:00 am.
The UBC Farm December bird survey will be part of the Christmas Bird Count for the greater Vancouver area, which is being held on December 14, 2008.
Remember, bird surveys are open to all those interested in [...]

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re:place magazine features UBC Farm design workshop

Thanks to Mark Pickersgill at re:place Magazine for his article covering November’s design workshop. In an incredible show of support an unpaid design team put together the full-day event. The energy and passion in that room was quite inspiring, and so were the beautiful drawings that came out of the small group visioning exercises. Pickersgill, [...]

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Friends of the Farm meetings canceled through Jan. 1st

Thanks to all of those who have attended the Friends of the Farm’s weekly meetings. We are taking a break for the holidays, and will be back in session beginning Thursday, January 8th. See you in the new year!

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Wednesday Walkabout – 12/3 – Blue Skies Edition

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About the Board of Governors’ press release

Hello All,
There have been lots of questions pouring in about UBC’s recent press release regarding the UBC Farm. So here’s a quick note to try to provide a bit more clarity. It is important to underline that this is a huge step forward for the Board of Governors and shows real leadership and foresight. So [...]

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