East Vancouver backyards turned into urban farms »
By Sarah Buell and Ryan Elias This summer, Ilana Labow and Gray Oron plan to feed 150 people from six backyards in East Vancouver. Labow is the director and Oron the head…
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Students savour gourmet ‘garbage’ »
Students swarm into Sprouts, UBC’s student volunteer cafe, every Friday. They come carrying plates, bowls, forks and knives, and they come with an appetite. It’s an appetite for more than a…
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Variety is the key ingredient for vegetarians »
While a vegetarian diet has its benefits, simply replacing your chicken with chard isn’t enough. The key to proper vegetarianism is supplementing the nutrients lost when animal-based foods are removed. Mike…
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For their final projects in the spring 2010 term, UBC journalism students reported stories related to local land and food…
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2:16 pm / 1 Comment / Read More »Delta highway construction threatens owl habitat »
Bulldozers dot the landscape of Warren Nottingham’s once peaceful farm as construction of the South Fraser Perimeter Road moves forward in…
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What began with a single cow in her back yard has now erupted into a legal and personal headache for…
10:14 am / 12 Comments / Read More »Chickens to roost in Vancouver backyards »
Chickens in Vancouver face a vote at city council deciding the conditions for keeping them in backyards. For some chicken…
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