It's a tiny
garden, sandwiched between two park benches and surrounded by apartment
buildings. And though picking cucumbers is not exactly an
urban activity, Shannon Bradley, a food systems manager for Vancouver,
BC, would like you to think so. Following more than a decade of
community organizing efforts, Vancouver’s city council adopted a
"just and sustainable food system" which includes planting fruit trees,
and establishing community gardens and edible landscaping, like the one
you see here. Listen and learn how a tiny garden can
play a big role in the third most densely populated city in North
America. Subscribe to my podcast feed (so you can open the attachment below) or simply download/listen here to the mp3.
As the weather changes, so do our food preferences. That said, dare I ask, have you tried beets lately? Okay, I’ll admit, beets definitely fall into the love-them-or-hate-them category of foods. But I think most of the problem stems from folks never having tasted anything but canned or pickled beets.
