Up five floors at the YWCA in downtown Vancouver amongst skyscrapers is a spectacular rooftop food garden. City Farmer goes to the garden and speaks with Ted Cathcart, Operations Manager and inspiration behind the project. www.cityfarmer.info
Ian Lai, a chef and urban agriculture consultant, has been teaching children how to make bread. But what is so unusual and especially in a city, is that all the grains used to make the bread are grown in the city. Wheat, barley, spelt, flax, buckwheat, amaranth, and keenwa are grown at the Terra Nova Garden site in Richmond. Young students learn to winnow, crush, and grind the wheat to make their own loaves of bread. The other grains are added to the loaf to create a "multigrain' loaf. www.cityfarmer.info
Leslie, from City Slicker Farms, dropped by our Demo Garden and told us about her work in West Oakland. City Slicker Farms helps low income West Oakland residents grow produce to feed their families. Staff help build organic vegetable gardens and provide the ongoing assistance, supplies and materials necessary for successful growing. For those who want to sell produce, they provide the markets necessary for sales and also work with growers to ensure quality. www.cityfarmer.info
Maria pulls up some of her garlic as rain falls on the Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden. In this video she shows us to join a number of garlic plants together by braiding them together.
A baby raccoon falls into one of our used rain barrels at the Compost Demonstarion Garden. The rescue crew goes to work.
From April of 2007 until August of 2008, we've been waiting for a big harvest of mushrooms. Maria shows off our Shiitake Mushrooms.
What do you do on a rainy Vancouver summer day? You turn to crafts in the garden. Maria picks some of our lavender and turns them into something useful. www.cityfarmer.info
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