City Farmer
City Farmer Society
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Founded in 1978, City Farmer is a charity based in Vancouver, Canada working on environment & climate, community development.
City Farmer Society is a registered charity based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Since 1978 it has taught city residents how to grow food, compost organic waste, and manage home landscapes in an environmentally responsible way. Its work includes public education through its demonstration garden at the Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden on Maple Street, where visitors can see examples of urban agriculture such as a green roof, cob shed, organic food garden, climate adaptation garden and worm composters. The organisation also publishes news and urban agriculture notes online, and it began as a newspaper publication, also named City Farmer, which first appeared in 1978.
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Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden
Environment & Climate · Canada
A demonstration garden at 2150 Maple Street in Vancouver showing urban food growing, composting, and environmentally responsible landscape care, including a climate adaptation garden, green roof, organic food garden, waterwise garden, and worm and backyard composters.
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