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Urban agriculture: weighing the pros and cons

29 Aug 2010

A Flickr slideshow of the Agassiz Slow Food Tour 2010 I've listened to the arguments, I've watched Food Inc. a couple of times, and my thumb couldn't get much greener than it currently is. However, I'm not convinced by...

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Cancelled urban farm project bred bad relations in Chinatown

6 May 2010

The rooftop of 211 East Georgia in Chinatown ain't the DTES – and won't house a garden A cover story in the Vancouver Courier a few weeks back by respected writer Sandra Thomas announced a new "rooftop farm" that...

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CityCaucus.com's 1st Annual Civic Report Card

26 Oct 2009

Vancouver City Council needs to turn down the political rhetoric, and turn up the results Every local columnist and media outlet covering the city beat will soon be giving you their views on the first year of Vision Vancouver's...

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GCATastrophe

28 Sep 2009

It's a bird, it's a plane...it's greenwashing! g·ca·tas·tro·phe (jÄ“-kÉ™-tÄƒs'trÉ™-fÄ“): n. A complete failure; a fiasco: The mayor said the city would be greener, but what we got instead was a gcatastrophe. Almost as if she wanted to provide a...

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Hee Haw! Let's go farmin' like Michelle Obama

20 Jun 2009

Community cultural activities, nice homes at a fraction of city cost, with running water & modern gadgets...sounds like Vision City! Get on yer overalls, y'all. It's time to start plantin' the garden, uh, on the first day of summer?Ah,...

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Vision reduces hot air emissions with Robertson in charge

19 Apr 2009

American Terry Tamminen (left) was provided with a sneak preview of Vancouver's new environmental policy before it was introduced to CouncilFor three years, I worked for Mayor Sam Sullivan at Vancouver City Hall. The guy is a total policy wonk....

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CityCaucus Poll results come in

22 Mar 2009

Should we be growing vegetables in Vancouver's iconic Stanley Park? The latest CityCaucus Poll results have been rushed upstairs after some meticulous tabulating by the kids down in CityCaucus.com Research Ops. It only occurred to us this week that we...

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Did an American food advocate inspire Gregor's Garden?

16 Mar 2009

Last night's 60 Minutes television show featured a story that has CityCaucus.com wondering, is the idea for Gregor's Garden lifted from San Francisco? There are eerie echoes of the language used to describe a community garden outside San Francisco...

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Is Stanley Park next target for urban vegetable patch?

11 Mar 2009

Cricketers at Brockton Oval – empty grass just sitting there There is a rumour making the rounds out there in garden world that Gregor Robertson, Vancouver's Farmboy Mayor, is about to announce his support for yet another vegetable patch...

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CityCaucus.com on Bill Good Show 9am Tuesday

9 Mar 2009

Tune into CKNW's Civic Affairs Panel on the Bill Good Show where community gardens among other topics will be discussed. A reminder to Facebook users to join our CKNW on FM Facebook group. You can read more about the campaign...

Gregor's Garden: A "shovel ready" project at last

9 Mar 2009

The Chance Gardener: Gregor at his "symbolic" future veggie patch. Credit: K. Thompson, Metro An icy wind blows through Metro Vancouver today, and Gregor's Garden is a long way from being seeded. In fact, it's now covered with snow....

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Vision faces down health & animal advocates on chicken decision

6 Mar 2009

Chickens in an urban setting are a "real problem," says former chief health official A tip of the hat to the editor of today's Vancouver Sun front page, who couldn't have given readers a more stark example of the...

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Quick start standing still on greening Vancouver

4 Mar 2009

What has the Mayor's GCAT advisory group unearthed now? I love gardening. Two weeks ago I put on my rubber boots and cleaned up my garden beds, which were in pretty sad shape after successive snow dumps this winter....

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