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...
by soleadmin | Dec 9, 2016 | Street Farm
Asked why I farm, I like to say so I can eat well and feed my family and community, so I’ll have stories to tell, and so I can keep my sanity. But I also farm for the simple beauty of it. We tend to think of farms as utilitarian food factories, but whether rural or...
by soleadmin | Oct 20, 2016 | Street Farm
There is a universal law of reciprocity and exchange that those of us who farm see play out in intimate detail on a daily basis. We know that we cannot treat soil like an unlimited reserve; we know that every living thing we engage with requires some form of...