Urban Aboriginal Community – The Garden Project at UBC Farm

Aboriginal Community Kitchen Gardens at UBC Farm, Vancouver, BC

Since 2002, members of the Musqueam First Nation have grown vegetables on the farm site for their community kitchen project. With an interest in expanding the potential benefits of this community nutrition project, the farm initiated a new pilot program in 2005. In collaboration with 17 different agencies working on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), a plot of land on the farm is dedicated towards the DTES Aboriginal Community Kitchen Garden Project.

Clients at community kitchen and food bank projects not only have the opportunity to get fresh produce, but also come out to the farm to grow it. Students, in turn, have a great opportunity for on-campus community service learning. With promising initial results, we hope to develop and formalize this project in years to come.

UBC Farm web site here.

UBC Farm Blog here.