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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/
Canada: Dartmouth community garden finds its roots in Acadian history
21 views | Food and Farming | May 30 2026 11:17
21 views | Food and Farming | May 30 2026 11:17
Woman starts successful business with a ‘buy nothing group’ and other people’s yards
78 views | Food and Farming | May 30 2026 11:17
78 views | Food and Farming | May 30 2026 11:17
King Charles plays ukulele in community garden on final day of Northern Ireland trip
51 views | Food and Farming | May 29 2026 16:43
51 views | Food and Farming | May 29 2026 16:43
Balcony crops take root as China’s tech-savvy urbanites turn concrete into greens
25 views | Food and Farming | May 28 2026 11:22
25 views | Food and Farming | May 28 2026 11:22
YMCA of the USA Grows Food Access Through Urban Agriculture Programs
19 views | Food and Farming | May 28 2026 11:22
19 views | Food and Farming | May 28 2026 11:22
Germany: REWE Opens Berlin’s First Supermarket With Rooftop Farm
25 views | Food and Farming | May 27 2026 10:01
25 views | Food and Farming | May 27 2026 10:01
Vietnam: A family in Lam Dong province cultivates a 72m2 rooftop garden, enjoying fresh, organic fruit year-round.
23 views | Food and Farming | May 27 2026 10:01
23 views | Food and Farming | May 27 2026 10:01
UK: Leanne Werner who wants to green our cities and grow more food
9 views | Food and Farming | May 26 2026 12:17
9 views | Food and Farming | May 26 2026 12:17
Belgium: Located in the heart of Brussels, La Ferme du parc Maximilien stands as a leading example of how urban agriculture can reconnect communities with nature, agrifood systems, and biodiversity.
15 views | Food and Farming | May 26 2026 12:17
15 views | Food and Farming | May 26 2026 12:17
Korea: Seoul enlists corporate muscle, rooftop hives to save endangered bees
11 views | Food and Farming | May 25 2026 13:09
11 views | Food and Farming | May 25 2026 13:09
