1. ORGANIZATIONS:
Village Vancouver (Engaging people to change their lives and communities)
City of Vancouver Food Policy (Web portal, a treasure trove!)
Robin Wheeler at Edible Landscapes (Contact info here)
Sustainable Living Arts School: http://slas.ca/
One Straw Society: http://onestraw.ca/
West End Residents Association
Farm Folk / City Folk
regarding Community Support Agriculture, visit
http://www.ffcf.bc.ca/resources/kp/csa.html
CityFarmBoy (Innovative ways to grow food in the city, by Ward Teulon)
Sharing Backyards: www.sharingbackyards.com
Website for people seeking or wishing to share backyard space for growing.
Vancouver Farmers’ Markets (EatLocal.org)
Society for the Promotion of Environmental Concern (SPEC)
Info about Local Exchange Trading Systems (LETS)
(Concept from 1983 in Courney, BC!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LETS
To connect gardeners are interested in ongoing plant and seed exchanges in and around Vancouver. Registration is a free and quick process. Run by the Environmental Youth Alliance (www.eya.ca)
http://vanseedtrade.theforum.name
2. NEWS, BLOGS, MEDIA COVERAGE
“Growing an urban revolution”
Excellent article by Frances Bula in Globe and Mail (31 Dec 2009)
Describes the work of Ward Teulon (www.cityfarmboy.com) in innovative ways to grow food in the city.
Link is HERE: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/growing-an-urban-revolution/article1416414/
“Sustainable, local agriculture is the way forward”
Vancouver Sun (25 Sept 2009)
Writers Arthur Fallick and Kent Mullinix are researchers at the Institute for Sustainable Horticulture at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
Link is HERE: http://www.kwantlen.ca/__shared/assets/ISH_Vancouver_Sun_09250913271.pdf
