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North Vancouver city considers plan for farms on boulevards
"UBC lab is ‘trying to create something that doesn’t exist anywhere else’ From the Victory gardens of the last century’s two world wars to the community-garden movement started in the 1970s, urban... Will Vancouver allow residents to keep backyard chickens?
"Victorians do it. New Yorkers do it. Seattleites do it. Will Vancouver be the next city to allow chickens to roost in its backyards? Tomorrow (January 14), the Vancouver Food Policy Council will consider a motion... Brooklyn Chicken Farmers
We will be seeing more of this in the future."For Brooklyn real-estate agent Maria Mackin, the obsession started five years ago, on a trip to Pennsylvania Amish country. She, her husband and three children—now... 1917 Cartoon - We've seen this kind of economy before
This cartoon from 1917 depicts the changing lifestyle of people who used to spend their weekends golfing who are now growing their own food. Will we see history repeat itself with peace time Victory Gardens due to the economic downturn?"1917 Cartoon - A change of... Eat your Garden
I just got this email from a neighborhood mailing list:_____How many of you are growing some food in your backyard? Do you have some left-overs to share?The City of Vancouver is recruiting home gardeners to... The difference between farming and gardening
An interesting post from the Urban Farmer, one of the Vancouver Sun's blogs. As a novice gardener I'm pretty easily impressed with my own mild victories in the backyard. But as Nick Read points out,...CNN Video: Urban farmers living off land
We'll be seeing more and more of this in the coming years. This family just happens to have figured it out a little early."June 15, 2008. CNN’s Thelma Gutierrez reports on a family living the ultimate...
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