Every year I pick a theme. It’s always amazing to me how the second I choose the lens through which I will view my life, […] Read More
Author: Spring Gillard
Although I am very actively engaged in food security work at the local, regional and sometime provincial level, I have paid little attention to what’s […] Read More
On Friday, Tamara and I were setting up displays at community centres and neighbourhood houses in our three backyard composting pilot neighbourhoods. In between sites, […] Read More
I’m (happy, happy) working with a team from EBA Engineering to conduct three backyard composting pilots for the City of Vancouver. Vancouver now allows residents […] Read More
I was in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for a couple of weeks during the winter of 1987. Every morning I bought a delicious, fresh fruit […] Read More
I stayed at the conference hotel while in Portland, called the DoubleTree. I noticed the compost bin in the lobby right away and realized this […] Read More
Sorting out from my trip to Portland. I’ll be writing about the many highlights of the Community Food Security Coalition Food Policy conference in the […] Read More
Heading to Portland. Car 7. Conversations about regional food strategy with Theresa from Metro Van. The latest on the Vancouver Food Policy Council from Joanne. […] Read More
Yesterday I walked over to my community garden plot. I had planted it up a couple weeks ago and was anticipating a lot of growth. […] Read More
Look what I came across on Commercial Drive in Vancouver last week! Stopped me in my tracks. At first glance I thought it was community […] Read More