The Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House in Vancouver has created a whole new category for healthy food distribution: nutritional outreach. Executive Director Joyce Rock and her […] Read More
Month: December 2010
When Diane Cairns from Fraserside Community Services in New Westminster, BC first conceived of a tiered garden box with trellis, her goal was to increase […] Read More
I had no idea what a neighbourhood house actually did until I started working with the Kitsilano Neighbourhood House, or Kits House as it is […] Read More
Lower mainland greenhouses and farms are more and more using migrant workers to fill their labour needs. The number rose from two hundred and sixty-four […] Read More
I went to a Christmas gathering last night with some dear friends. What an array of wonderful dishes! All vegetarian. There was lentil soup to […] Read More
My friend Megan and I went to an open air German Christmas Market on Friday. Other than the food, we didn’t find much to hold […] Read More
This fall, potato farmers were flooded out in the Fraser Valley. It was good to see that the local media were all over that story. […] Read More