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FOOD & the CITY: Urban Agriculture & the New Food Revolution
Talk with Slide Show and Book Signing Sunday, April 22 Earth Day! 11:30-1:00 Banyen Books 3608 West 4th Ave., Vancouver, BC FREE Food & the City examines alternative food systems in cities around the globe that are shortening their food chains, growing food ...
Meet Your Maker – The VDPM re-opens April 4
March 17 marked the last day of the Victoria Downtown Public Market Society’s winter market. Not only did the St. Patrick’s Day date bring some lively Celtic music and a sprinkling of cheerful green coloured visitors, but the sun was shining and the birds were ...
Makaria Farm’s Food Security Club
Brock McLeod didn’t like vegetables before he became a farmer. Accustomed to the oversized and under-flavoured produce in the grocery stores, McLeod’s opinion of edible flora changed forever when he realized that “Vegetables grown in a healthy, organic soil, combined with planting only those varieties ...
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Finest At Sea – a sustainable seafood company
Next time you find yourself in James Bay and searching for dinner inspiration, why not opt for fresh seafood from Erie Street’s Finest At Sea? Operating off BC’s coast for over thirty years, Finest At Sea’s fishing crew and their 13 boats supply dozens ...
Top Chefs Face Off over Ocean Wise Chowder
The 4th Annual Ocean Wise Seafood Chowder Chowdown took place at the Vancouver Aquarium last night, with a sold-out house and a lot of great beer. Twelve chefs competed to be named Chowder King, and each entry was paired with a local B.C. brew. ...
Winter Markets and Local Produce
The weather prognosticators are warning that we can expect a long cold winter. This brings to mind a foreboding image of barren fields, ice streaked roads, and grocery stores stocked with Chilean vegetables and California fruits. The end of autumn and summer produce would not ...
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Honeybee, Won’t You Please Come Home
The honeybees are disappearing. You may be wondering what this has to do with agriculture and why you should care.
The Madrona Farm Chef Survival Challenge
As you walk down the long driveway that leads into Madrona Farm, you can’t help but marvel – “only five minutes ago, I was in the city.” The 27-acre property on Blenkinsop is definitely an urban farm, yet the tranquility and surrounding rural vistas deceive ...
Olson’s High Country Bison – Grass is Greener
First published in the July/August 2008 issue of EAT With High Country Bison poised to make their excellent, free range bison available in BC, I felt this article is worth a revisit. ~ I’m bumping along a wet grass track on the back of an ...
