There’s nothing that says spring to me more than the annual VanDusen Plant Sale. Every year, ten thousand gardeners roll up with their wheelbarrows and […] Read More
Month: April 2011
In honor of compost awareness week (May 1-8), I’m returning to my roots, so to speak. I’ll be digging around in some compost bins at […] Read More
A few weeks ago, I was given eleven chocolate bars as a thank you gift from friends. Not just two or three, no, eleven large […] Read More
Now this sounds like a positively yummy event. UBC Farm is inviting us to celebrate and enjoy comfort foods created and cooked from the heart […] Read More
In the early 1970s, we were losing nearly 6,000 hectares of farmland a year. To protect the dwindling supply of agricultural land, the provincial government […] Read More
Finally, after being on numerous waiting lists for a couple of years, I now have my own plot in a community garden. The Pine Street […] Read More
I was speaking at a food networking event in the West End of Vancouver yesterday. As I rode into the seaside neighbourhood, I was struck […] Read More
Doctors at REACH Community Health Centre in Vancouver are prescribing fresh vegetables to patients. The program, called We Love Veggies, is based on one created by […] Read More
Translink, our regional transportation authority, is in the second phase of community consultations for the UBC Rapid Transit Line. If you didn’t participate in the […] Read More