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AMS Elections 2009: FotF endorsements

Posted in News Items, tagged , , , on January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Hello friends,
Last Thursday those who attended the meeting voted on which candidates FotF will be endorsing for the upcoming AMS and Board of Governors (BoG) elections. Most (if not all) candidates running for executive positions in the AMS and the Board of Governors include “saving the Farm” in their platforms. It has become very clear [...]

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Experienced growers wanted for new community garden

Posted in Vancouver Food, tagged , , , on January 20, 2009 | Comments Off

Jen Rashleigh, a friend of the Farm and the force behind the wonderful documentary about us, is looking for 2 volunteers with solid gardening experience to act as head growers for the gardens going in at the George Peatson Centre. This is a great opportunity for volunteering in the community if you’ve got some skills [...]

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Special Tuesday edition of Walkabout for January 20th

Posted in Walkabouts, tagged , , , on January 20, 2009 | Comments Off

As I won’t be around tomorrow, and the frost looked oh-so-pretty today, we’re doing the walkabout a day early. Woke up this morning and checked the weather only to find a forecast that I had never in my life seen – “freezing fog” (or as the Canadian government site puts it, “fog depositing ice”. Lordy! [...]

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Wednesday Walkabout – January 14th

Posted in Walkabouts, tagged , , on January 15, 2009 | Comments Off

I’m excited to say we’ve reached a milestone: this is our 100th post on the Friends of the Farm blog. Thanks for keeping up with us over this first year of writing. We’re looking forward to sharing many more beautiful, bountiful seasons with you.

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Snow review in photos, and the return of EGGS

Posted in Walkabouts on January 8, 2009 | Comments Off

I just realized that I haven’t posted any photos on the blog since December 4th. Tragic! It’s been quite magical out here, with all this snow. No cars or hoards of people to crush it and melt it, no exhaust turning it sooty. Just fields of white. Proof is below.
And, lucky you, an announcement: UBC [...]

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Terry* Contest: Build an eco-gingerbread house

Posted in Events, tagged , on January 8, 2009 | Comments Off

Check out this great contest that was held by Terry*, the fantastic and creative interdisciplinary project out of UBC. Bake for a Change asked participants to create an eco-gingerbread house over winter break and submit a photo record. I love that the resultant entries have all the traditional, sacharine stylings of gingerbread architecture, but with [...]

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Mel Lehan, Friend of the Farm, profiled in the Straight and Westender

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on January 8, 2009 | Comments Off

It’s been quite the day for Mr. Lehan in the local media. Both the Westender and the Georgia Straight have articles profiling Mel, spurred by his plans to challenge B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell for his elected office in the Point Grey riding. Lehan is running for a number of reasons, all community oriented, and feels [...]

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Media: Ubyssey article on the BoG press release

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on January 6, 2009 | Comments Off

The UBC Board of Governors (BoG) has put out the call to the administration for a “new academic plan” for the 24 hectares of the UBC Farm.
The media release, which was issued December 1, states that there will not be market housing on the UBC Farm as long as the university’s “housing, community development and [...]

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