Now that the City of Vancouver is moving ahead with allowing chickens in backyards, I thought it would be fun to revisit the chapter on […] Read More
Author: Spring Gillard
I used to work with the BC branch of Evergreen. A national group that focuses on greening school grounds, preserving and restoring nature in the […] Read More
I have moved around a lot. From time to time I have been homeless – “ but only in the sense that I was in […] Read More
Jane Jacobs, the much loved and lauded urban planner and community activist died in 2006. Jacobs believed that in order to truly know your own […] Read More
Last year I took part in Bike the Blossoms, an event put on for the past two years by Slow Food Vancouver and the Vancouver […] Read More
I’m offering my course over one weekend now. Eating is a political act. Find out how the food on your plate can affect a farmer […] Read More
I interviewed several “middle path” farmers for my new book. Middle path to me means, farming as naturally as possible. Vista D’Oro Farm in Langley, […] Read More
I have been editing the fruit chapter of my book. It looks at the politics of fruit through the banana lens. The banana is perhaps […] Read More
I’ve been off sugar since January. Trying to tame my sweet tooth. But when I simply must have chocolate, I do allow this one decadent […] Read More
Last summer I ran into Ward Teulon – “ the City Farm Boy at my neighbourhood farmers’ market. Ward has 13 gardens scattered throughout the […] Read More