“Sowing the Seeds” Organic Farming Apprenticeship

I catch up with Sarah and Niki at UBC Farm where they are both hard at work harvesting and selling produce grown as part of a unique educational program. If they have dirt on their hands and faces, it’s because this is a real hands-on program, not simply another in-the-classroom academic course. (And I apologize to them for filming before they could wash up!)

The UBC (University of British Columbia) Farm is in Vancouver just minutes from the downtown core. The Farm is presently one of the ‘gems’ in our City, both a serene and active place at the same time, a site where so many worthy projects are happening, a farm where future projects will involve even more urban Vancouverites in their food system.

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