Canada: In a forest of downtown Vancouver condos stands a farm built from a vacant lot
Food for the Soul
By Jonah Jung
Watershed Sentinel
July 1, 2026
Excerpt:
Sole Food Street Farms has turned a bit of urban land into an agricultural landscape. Since it was founded in 2009, the farm has grown into one of the North America’s largest urban farms, providing fresh, local produce to the public.
During my recent visit to the farm, I met Jennifer Guest-Viitala, known as Nova to her fellow farmers. She is one of more than 40 farmers at Sole Foods Street Farms.
The farm predominantly hires Downtown Eastside residents to receive agricultural training and raise food crops, a portion of which will be donated to community organizations and to Mount Pleasant Neighborhood House.
“The farm has always been helping the vulnerable population,” says Nova. “Part of the farm model from the very beginning was to employ people from the Downtown Eastside with barriers to employment and helping them get past those barriers and move on to normal working.”
When Nova first joined the farm, she had just retired from being an outreach worker who focused on harm reduction. After “letting go of a lot of hard drugs,” Nova says farming gave her a new purpose.
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/canada-in-a-forest-of-downtown-vancouver-condos-stands-a-farm-built-from-a-vacant-lot/
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