by soleadmin | Dec 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Friends, Right now, from the comfort of your home, at no personal cost, without even leaving your desk, a simple click of your mouse can support the most vulnerable and under-served members of the Vancouver community. Sole Food Street Farms, the Vancouver based...
by soleadmin | Dec 17, 2018 | Farming, Street Farm, Uncategorized, Urban Farm
Vote Here Community builder Concord Pacific along with Global BC community reporter Michael Newman set out to find kind people in the Concord Pacific Place community to reward their act of kindness with a $1000 donation to their charity. One of these charities will...
by soleadmin | Aug 28, 2017 | Farming, Street Farm, Urban Farm
(Vancouver, BC) Vancouver’s most prominent urban farm is preparing for a major transplant. Sole Food Street Farms is a social enterprise that provides meaningful employment and training for residents of Vancouver’s downtown east-side. The farms produce twenty-five...
by soleadmin | Jan 1, 2017 | Street Farm, Uncategorized
I have always advised beginning farmers, “Grow those crops that you like to eat, you’ll do a better job.” The persimmon requires that I amend that advice. In all honesty, I don’t particularly like the taste and texture of persimmons. It’s not that I have a bad memory...
by soleadmin | Dec 20, 2016 | Street Farm
The last time I saw Rob we met him at a local coffee shop. He was wearing a pair of shorts and had a boyish haircut, and if it wasn’t for his sheer size and the scars on his arms, you might think he was twenty years younger than he is. “It was the best work experience...