The trouble with attempting to be progressive is that there are often rules against it, whether written or unwritten. It…
The bear came last night. A sow, a big momma, a big hungry momma. Even though we’d hidden the bin,…
Image by urbanworkbench via Flickr As I sit in my home office looking out across the garden at the lightening…
As a society, (or a species, take your pick), we are terrible at planning and strategising much further than what…
As far as urban farming goes, we’ve got it pretty easy – A large suburban lot, clean soil. Sure, we’ve…
Image via Wikipedia Flipping through the British Columbia Agriculture Plan, which is a beautifully presented document by the way, I…
Earlier this year, I suggested that the City of Castlegar look into changing the zoning bylaw, which prohibits the growing of crops in residential areas. The feedback I got from a number of people was that I was overstating the law, or questioning whether the law would ever be enforced.
badseed.jpgI believe that a law not enforced is not worth having, or more appropriately, it should not be applied in a discretionary manner. Last week an article in the Kansas City Star caught my attention. This article describes the trials of an Urban Farm called “Bad Seed Farm” in Kansas City.
The Lower Mainland’s Grain CSA called “Urban Grains” has begun the harvest thanks to warmer July weather and the threat…