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City Farmer’s Farhat Khan Teaches Worm Composting

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Photo by Michael Levenston
The City of Vancouver and City Farmer have provided worm bins to City residents since 1991.

By Carlito Pablo, Georgia Straight
October 9, 2008

Friendship can grow from just about every imaginable place and situation. For Farhat Khan, one blossomed out of the compost she creates in an indoor bin.

A few years ago, while Khan was volunteering for City Farmer, a Kitsilano-based group that teaches urban farming to Vancouver residents, a woman approached her and asked if she knew anyone who could give her some compost. The woman had a plot at a nearby community garden but didn’t have a composter.

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October 9, 2008   No Comments