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EYA Accepting Youth Internship Applications for Community Nursery

EYA is getting ready to start a new season at the Community Nursery and are currently accepting internship applications! Please share this on to your networks & to any youth interested in learning about organic food production, and making a…

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Vancouver School Food Forum: Signing up

Did you know that you don’t need a Google account to join the new Vancouver School Food Forum & receive updates, even though it is hosted by Google? Signing up is easy! SIGNING UP 1. Navigate to the page: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/vancouver-school-food-forum 2….

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NEWS: Farm to School BC ‘Learning Labs’ Coming Soon in 2014!

The Farm to School Greater Vancouver Group has released this short article on the opportunities & challenges that come along with feeding the fifty-six thousand + students in the Vancouver School District healthy, sustainable, and affordable food. Read on for…

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Vancouver Schools Needed for Workshops Facilitated by Think & Eat Green @ School & UBC Land & Food Systems Students!

Think & Eat Green at school is looking for 20 Vancouver schools to participate in these exciting food systems workshops! Since 2009, university students from the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at UBC have been trained to facilitate a…

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NEW Vancouver School Food Forum Managed by Think & Eat Green @ School

Looking for more information on changing policy regarding school food gardens, and don’t know where to look? Have you discovered the trick for ridding yourself of pesky slugs, or a great trick to find the right ratio in your composter?…

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NEWS: UBC Local Food Choices Featured in Macleans Magazine

UBC’s local food choices for & by students is getting attention on a national scale – read more in the latest edition of Maclean’s magazine! With TEGS co-investigators Steve Golob (Chef at Place Vanier Residence) & Joanne Bays (Farm to…

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“Reading, Writing, Arithmetic…and Vegetables?” Report on School Garden Blooming at University Hill

It is with great enthusiasm that we share with you a recent article on the progress of the University Hill Elementary School garden. Take a moment to read through the entire document or skip right to page 6 for “Reading,…

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Soil Biologist Crossing Canada to Talk GMO’s

Drs. Thierry Vrain and Shiv Chopra are volunteering their time to travel across Canada and speak about and answer questions concerning genetically engineered (GE, also called genetically modified or GM) foods and human health. At this writing, there are 28…

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