Summary of Urban Farming Forum in Vancouver

Market-cargo. Urban farmers riding down Main Street to the market, carrying tent, tables, produce and flowers from south Vancouver. Photo by By Bhlubarber, David Niddrie.

While urban farmers may have gotten some of the answers they were looking for at the forum, it appears they may have actually gotten more questions!

Vancouver Urban Farmers Newsletter
Dec 2011

Excerpts:

The Urban Farming Forum took place on November 25 and 26th, 2011 at Boneta restaurant and SFU Woodwards in Vancouver. Both days were well attended by an enthusiastic crowd of urban farmers, food security advocates, NGO representatives, and consumers.

See details of Discussion Sessions:

The afternoon session was the discussion session, where ideas collected from the morning were grouped to form the following discussion topics

Business Support and Development
Community Connections
Finance and Managing Risk
Government Support #1
Infrastructure and Operation
Land Access
Land Utilization
The Big Picture
Government Support #2

See the complete summary here.