Important: South Campus Neighbourhood Public Open House Tues, Nov 1; online feedback until Nov 3

Dear farm friends, We hope you’ve been passing a cozy hallowe’en weekend and enjoying plenty of seasonal treats!  Please note the important Public Open House and Q& A Session coming up this Tuesday, Nov 1st, regarding the Revised Amendments to the South Campus Neighbourhood Plan.  It would be excellent if you could attend and help to [...]

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Moustaches, flower power & toothy grins at the 2011 UBC Farm Pumpkin Carving Competition

Warm congrats to all of the entrants in this year’s UBC Farm Pumpkin Carving Competition! Our Harvest Festival and final Farm Market of the year drew out plenty of creative juices on October 22nd. The eyelashed Jack-o-Lantern got our votes for top prize, but honourable mention goes to the double-sided flower power pumpkin.

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“We need more farmers.” Application deadline for UBC Farm Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture Oct 30!

Simply put, “We need more farmers.” – Bill McKibben. The application deadline for the UBC Farm Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture is fast approaching! We are accepting applications until Sunday, October 30. We hope to have a response for all applicants by the end of December 2011. About the Practicum: Established in 2008, this part-time (600 [...]

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Harvest Festival – October 22, 2011!

UBC Farm Harvest Festival – October 22nd, 9am – 1pm Come celebrate the end of the 2011 season at our Harvest Festival! On October 22nd, our last Saturday market of the season, we invite you to come out to the Farm to stock up on storage veggies for the winter or take home a carved [...]

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Friends of the UBC Farm Autumn Walkabout

We met up on a beautiful sunny autumn day to explore the UBC Farm for our first farm walkabout this season. Here is some of what we found during our exploration! We will have more walkabouts throughout the year. Please join us to learn more about all that the UBC Farm has to offer while [...]

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UBC Farm Heritage Orchard Tours: Apple Festival 2011!

On October 15 and 16, 2011 we’re excited to be joining the UBC Botanical Garden Apple Festival.  In addition to a booth on-site at the festival both days, we will be offering tours of the UBC Farm Heritage Orchard on Saturday October 15 at 10am, noon and 2pm. The UBC Farm Heritage Orchard was designed, grafted and planted as a student Directed [...]

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Autumn Greetings!

The fresh autumn air welcome all with the generous harvest of the season.   Acorn, Cinderella, Chucky and Delicata chatter excitingly in their harvest crates- wondering who will enjoy them in craft and cooking! What a wonderful time of abundance and hunkering down!  Come on out to the UBC Farm Pumpkin Patch and bring home a [...]

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Festive glimpses of FarmAde 2011

Energy and support from the community serves to inspire much of the work that we do at the farm. We were thrilled to welcome over 1000 people to this year’s FarmAde celebration on September 16! For many folks, it was their first time visiting the UBC Farm and learning about our sustainability programming. Hats off [...]

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