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About City Farmer
Shoemakers, fashion models, computer geeks, politicians, lawyers, teachers, chefs … all city dwellers … all can grow food at home after work in back yards, community gardens or on flat roofs. For the past 33 years, City Farmer has encouraged urban dwellers to pull up a patch of lawn and plant some vegetables, kitchen herbs and fruit. Our message is the same today as it was in 1978 and will be relevant far into the future.
This website is a collection of stories about our work at City Farmer here in Vancouver, Canada, and about urban farmers from around the world. The site is maintained by City Farmer executive director, Michael Levenston.
Email: cityfarm@interchange.ubc.ca
Phone: 604.685.5832
City Farmer’s first web site Urban Agriculture Notes (www.cityfarmer.org) has hundreds of pages of information about city farming. Begun in 1994, it was the first web site on the Internet to publish information about urban farming.
City Farmer teaches people how to grow food in the city, compost their waste and take care of their home landscape in an environmentally responsible way. When visiting Vancouver, British Columbia, visit our staff at the Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden, 2150 Maple Street, and see how we take care of our urban landscape. See a compost toilet, green roof, cob shed, organic food garden, permeable lane, natural lawn, waterwise garden, worm and backyard composter and more. 604.736.2250
http://www.cityfarmer.info/
Urban garden at Elks Park stalls while city considers zoning requirements
6 views | Food and Farming | Jul 11 2026 09:41
6 views | Food and Farming | Jul 11 2026 09:41
Growing and harvesting secrets of the University of Washington Farm
16 views | Food and Farming | Jul 10 2026 10:01
16 views | Food and Farming | Jul 10 2026 10:01
Canada: In the garden: “It doesn’t have to look like a farm”
16 views | Food and Farming | Jul 10 2026 09:57
16 views | Food and Farming | Jul 10 2026 09:57
Canada: In a forest of downtown Vancouver condos stands a farm built from a vacant lot
31 views | Food and Farming | Jul 09 2026 09:41
31 views | Food and Farming | Jul 09 2026 09:41
Canada: How Fraser Valley-grown grass redefined BC Place Stadium for the FIFA World Cup
16 views | Food and Farming | Jul 08 2026 11:43
16 views | Food and Farming | Jul 08 2026 11:43
A new crop of entrepreneurs is prepping the ground to grow food in the desert.
39 views | Food and Farming | Jul 08 2026 11:43
39 views | Food and Farming | Jul 08 2026 11:43
S Africa: Urban farming helps Johannesburg’s poorest households survive – now it needs bigger investment
12 views | Food and Farming | Jul 08 2026 11:43
12 views | Food and Farming | Jul 08 2026 11:43
One of the oldest New York City farms – Queens County Farm Museum
25 views | Food and Farming | Jul 07 2026 10:41
25 views | Food and Farming | Jul 07 2026 10:41
Growing Seasons Are Getting Longer. What Does That Mean for Garden Pests?
42 views | Food and Farming | Jul 07 2026 10:41
42 views | Food and Farming | Jul 07 2026 10:41
‘Get Your Hands in the Soil, Leave with Fresh Produce’
27 views | Food and Farming | Jul 06 2026 09:17
27 views | Food and Farming | Jul 06 2026 09:17
