"Urban Agriculture Pilot, City of North Vancouver", Sitelines October 2009, BC Society Of Landscape Architects

Daniel Roehr and Isabel Kunigk
Published: July 25, 2009

Local food production initiatives and awareness in the Vancouver area, though intensified by the beginning of the financial crisis in September 2008, did not arise only from the economic fallout. They have been part of Vancouver since the early 1970s. Since then, the greater Vancouver area has seen the creation of community gardens, demonstrations gardens, organic farmer’s markets and has, over the last thirty years, experienced a dramatic increase in the availability of more uncommon vegetable and fruit varieties due to the demands of a continuously growing international community with diverse eating habits.

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