New UBC Farm Fundraising/Promotional video

Hello Friends of the Farm,
Check this out! The UBC central development office (ie: big time UBC fundraising) has put together a flash video about the farm and invited people to participate in visioning the farm’s future with them (and donate of course!). The Flash campaign is gaining momentum – we have just surpassed 1000 views [...]

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Fall Colours on the Farm

It’s that time of year when the days are shorter and colder and growth on the farm has slowed. Many crops are finished for the season and cover crops have been sown to protect the soils from th winter rains and replenish them for the next season’s crops.  Mother nature is giving the few crops [...]

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Bridge to a Cool Planet Event this Saturday

A message from the event organizers:
There is an amazing event coming up this Saturday, Oct.24th: Bridge to a Cool Planet. It will be Western Canada’s largest day of climate action (2nd only to the one in Ottawa). It is also part of the www.tcktcktck.org | www.350.org campaign: 3000+ events happening all around the world!
October 24 [...]

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“Farm virgin” visits UBC Farm

Hey Farm Friends,
check out this video recently shot at UBC farm by the “Farm Virgin.” It’s called “episode 9″…just in case you’re confused about the lack of a more descriptive title.

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Spartans and Pippins and Winesaps, Oh My!

In the dark, cold, exam-filled winter of 2005/2006 I huddled in the UBC Farm Centre kitchen, surrounded by grafting knives, tape, bundles of unlikely looking twiggy things and mugs of hot tea.  Keen students and volunteers joined me, and thus began the UBC Farm Heritage Orchard!
We grafted 155 trees, including 60 different apple cultivars – [...]

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Giving Thanks

Thank you sun and summer heat, that brought us sweet winter squash.
Thanks, colours of fall, intense beyond our senses, that prove nature’s supremacy in the realm of art.
Thank you grasses and flowers, crimson clover and vetch, that protect and enrich the soil.
Thank you kind hearted souls who have come to the farm and given a [...]

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Harvest Festival update!

Hello Farm Friends!
October is welcoming us with the promise of sun this weekend, so we hope you’ll join us our Harvest Festival Market this Saturday, October 3rd. The schedule for the day includes:
9:00am – 1:00pm: UBC Farm Market, featuring tasty seasonal produce from the UBC Farm and an assortment of other vendors (more details below). [...]

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Special Work Party on Saturday!

The UBC Farm is hosting Feast of Fields this Sunday, Sept 13th. As in past years, we are holding a special work party to help spiff up the farm in advance of this event. We need your help with a variety of tasks including weeding & general site clean-up. This is a high profile event [...]

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Come to the Seventh annual FARMADE!

Thursday September 24
3-7pm
at UBC Farm (6182 South Campus Road)
All ages welcome
Free Admission!
Beer Garden
BBQ burgers, veggie burgers and vegan burgers featuring UBC farm greens, and fresh corn
Live Local music including Agora String Band
Free shuttle service will available but walking and cycling are highly recommended
Hey Farm Friends! Come join us for the seventh annual Farmade, an afternoon [...]

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“Farm Discovery Tours” Workshop Coordinator Job Opening

Do you enjoy working with children? Are you passionate about the UBC Farm? Then consider applying for our “Farm Discovery Tours” Workshop Coordinator position. Please see the job posting (PDF) for details. Please note the application deadline is this Friday, Sept 4th at midnight, so get those applications in quick!

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