Vancouver High School Garden Project Grows Into Full-Scale Urban Farm

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we can grow food ourselves and it’s really simple,” said Lau, who tries to bring the message home by talking to his mother Entrepreneurs about how to make Earthfriendly food choices. “She mostly Environment ARCHIVES worries about price, so it’s a bit of struggle.” europe April 2011 Events March 2011 Liu and Lau also farm a plot together in a local community Fertilizers February 2011 garden, so they can take locally grown food home more regularly. Fruit January 2011 Funding December 2010 It has been said that a small group of dedicated individuals History November 2010 can make a difference, but at Windermere the struggle is Horticulture Therapy October 2010 keeping the group small. On teacher professional development days — which most kids regard as a holiday from school — 50 How to September 2010 to 60 students will show up to work in the garden, said India August 2010 teacher sponsor Vagner Castilho. Land July 2010 Landscape Architecture June 2010 “The kids love it, and when they graduate they [will be] having Latin America May 2010 their own gardens and getting jobs in food security and food production,” he said. Livestock April 2010 Meetings March 2010 Read the complete article here. Middle East February 2010 Mushrooms January 2010 Also see Randy’s Green Man Blog here. Music December 2009 Also see: Nepal November 2009 No Category October 2009 High school garden grows pride—and food Nutrition September 2009 – Windermere secondary’s ‘outdoor Philippines August 2009 classroom’ focuses on sustainability Photos July 2009 By Naoibh O’Connor, Planning June 2009 The Courier Podcast May 2009 November 9, 2010 Policy April 2009 Roof Garden Excerpt: March 2009 Russia February 2009 Former Windermere students Christie Leung and Nicole Wood Seeds January 2009 founded the garden in 2007. It’s grown from five eight-foot- Sierra Leone December 2008 by-12-foot plant beds to 13 beds and features an industrial- Small Space November 2008 scale “earth-tub” for composting, a verma compost, a 16-by- 20-foot greenhouse and an aquaponics system–a combination Soil October 2008 of hydroponics and aquaculture, which uses fish and plants to Spain September 2008 create a closed-loop system. The plants in the system benefit Sri Lanka August 2008 from the fish waste, and in return clean the water for the fish. Switzerland July 2008 Taiwan June 2008 Read the complete article here. thesis May 2008

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