Came across this great blog by Jordan Marr called The Ruminant. Jordan is an organic farmer in the Okanagan Valley. His blog is a venue […] Read More
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I spent Thursday night at the Billy Bishop Legion. And not for the reasons you might think. No I was participating in a canning class […] Read More
A marine biologist explained coral reefs to me when I was on a kayak trip in Belize one year. In a coral colony, millions of […] Read More
Caught a clip on TV about a healthy corner store initiative happening in my neck of the woods. The Western Convenience Store Association (WCSA) has […] Read More
Evergreen has launched its urban fruit orchard on the Great Northern Way Campus, the home of their regional Vancouver office. They have planted 30 locally […] Read More
We are winding up our composting pilots for the City and the wrap up for Grandview Woodland participants was a composting tour with Fresh Roots […] Read More
Last night a fellow community garden member and I hauled some dry leaves and straw that I had stashed over to our new community compost […] Read More
Everyone loves a love story. This one has a healthy twist. A year ago my friend Megan’s daughter enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago. […] Read More
In November 2006, I got involved in a fight to save Formosa Nursery, a forty-six acre organic blueberry farm in Maple Ridge. Translink, BC’s transit […] Read More
In light of the present famine in southern Somalia, and the growing hunger in Kenya and Ethiopia, thought it might be enlightening to look at […] Read More