“Dog Gone Farm” in Vancouver

Video by BCIT Magazine, Liz Craig.

Nothing really brings together people like food – especially when that food is locally grown!

Article by Julia Smith
Dunbar Life
Feb. Apr. 2011

Excerpt:

My son gave me a sign he had hand-carved for Christmas. “Dog Gone Farm”, it reads, in jaunty red letters (inspired by our fence jumping dog). With the sign hung proudly on the front door, it was official. We were farmers. We grow fruits and vegetables, build soil, and raise chickens, which wouldn’t be unusual if it weren’t for the fact that we do all this in the middle of the city.

We have joined a small but growing number of urban farmers who are working to produce healthier food in a more sustainable way that builds community resilience and we’re having a great time doing it.

Our property already had several fruit trees on it when we moved in and we learned from the neighbours that the former owners had been passionate gardeners. Neither of us had any gardening experience but a couple of years after we moved in we shared the yard with a neighbour who didn’t have a garden of her own. She taught us a lot and we grew a little bit of corn, carrots and some tomatoes. Turns out that these were only gateway drugs as by the end of the summer we were completely hooked.

Read the complete article in “Dunbar Life” here. Click through the magazine to page 28.

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