FarmWonders is the UBC Farm’s innovative, educational and fun summer day camp for children. Position Title: Second Leader, FarmWonders Summer Camp Background: The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm operates a 24-ha sustainable farm used for teaching, research, and community programming on UBC’s Point Grey Campus. This student-driven, organic farm provides experiential [...]
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The Future of Water in BC
Posted in Community, Events & Lectures on Mar 14th, 2011
Water has been an issue that I’ve been interested in after watching the documentary Blue Gold: World Water Wars a few years ago (watch my yotube response to it here). I found the entire concept of water privatization horrifying, and it’s also an important issue for farmers around the world. Agriculture relies heavily on access [...]
Saturday March 12th, 6:30pm-10pm Steveston Community Centre, 4111 Moncton Street, Richmond, BC The BC Association of Farmers Markets is hosting a “Dinner and Dancing with Joel Salatin.” Just thinking about it makes me swoon a bit! Joel is a “renegade” grass farmer know for his charisma and innovation. Music will be played by Tom and [...]
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