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City of Vancouver's Urban Agriculture Design Guidelines for the Private Realm
Submitted by vfpc on Fri, 01/23/2009 - 04:38
Tags: Agriculture, City, Community, Council, Design, Food, Guidelines, Policy, Private Realm, Report, Urban, Vancouver, VFPC
The City of Vancouver has produced a set of urban agriculture guidelines for residential buildings four storeys or more.
Created through a collaborative process with the community, developers and the Vancouver Food Policy Council, these guidelines are a valuable tool for planning and designing urban agriculture into new residential developments in Vancouver.
On January 20th, these guidelines were presented to the mayor and council. The report is available on line
http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20090120/documents/p2.pdf
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More Chicken stories- 24 Hours reports
Submitted by vfpc on Fri, 01/23/2009 - 04:08
Tags: Backyard Chicken, Chicken, City, Community, Council, Food, Local Food, Policy, Report, Residents, Urban Farmer, Vancouver, VFPC
24 HOURS: Chickens on your block?
By MATT KIELTYKA, 24 HOURS
Backyard hens are making their way up city council's pecking order.
Following their meeting Wednesday night, the Vancouver Food Policy Council will pitch council to change city bylaws to allow residents to raise chickens at home for food.
"There is a lot of interest around this issue," said Trish Kelly of the food policy council.
"It goes with the trend of eating local food and having things like community gardens."
Coun. Andrea Reimer sees it as a great way for people to access local food.
"Obviously it's not for everybody, but I can't imagine why you wouldn't want as much food produced within city limits as possible," she said.
"I've casually spoken with most of the councillors and they're broadly supportive of the concept."
Chickens in The News- Backyard Chickens a hot topic!
Submitted by vfpc on Fri, 01/23/2009 - 04:06
Tags: Backyard Chicken, Chicken, City, Community, Council, Food, Local Food, Policy, Report, Residents, Urban Farmer, Vancouver, VFPC
http://andreareimer.typepad.com/in_the_news/2009/01/courier-playing-chic...
January 21, 2009
COURIER: Playing Chicken
Jeff Nield
Vancouver Courier
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
From curbside on a brisk autumn morning on a quiet Mount Pleasant block just west of Main Street, a neatly kept house gives no hint that illegal activity is taking place out back. But, in a city rife with well concealed grow-ops, local residents know that looks can be deceiving. Mary, the retired owner of the property, is as non-threatening as her house, and on first impression she wouldn't fit anyone's stereotype of a lawbreaker.
Go Toronto!- Toronto's local food procurement policy
Submitted by vfpc on Mon, 01/12/2009 - 00:53
Tags: Big Smoke, City, Council, Daycares, Environment, Farmers, Greenbelt, Local Food, Ontario, Petition, Policy, Postcards, Seniors Homes, Shelters, Toronto
We may have to come up with a new nickname for the Big Smoke, as Toronto makes tangible policy changes to address carbon emmissions related to the food system.
It's a good thing that creating a just and sustainable food system is not a contest, because Toronto would be one up on Vancouver with this recent policy shift...
In case you missed it, on October 30th, Toronto City Council unanimously adopted a local food procurement policy and implementation plan. Council adopted Toronto Environmental Alliance’s suggested amendment and agreed to develop a plan to achieve an aggressive 50% local food purchasing target as soon as possible! This means it is now the policy of Toronto to progressively increase the percentage of local food it buys for its daycares, shelters and seniors’ homes.
