The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm
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“I am convinced that we need living laboratories and classrooms like UBC Farm to help generate and disseminate the knowledge we need as a society to create a more sustainable food system for the future. The UBC Farm is exactly the kind of model we need for sustainable agriculture at this critical moment.”
- David Suzuki, 2009
UBC Farm Market Summer Harvest Festival - Saturday, August 21st
Please join us on Saturday August 21st for our Summer Harvest Festival at the UBC Farm from 9:00am-1:00pm. The summer harvest is in full swing, so what better time to come and celebrate with us here at the farm! In addition to our Saturday Farm Market, featuring UBC Farm produce and a variety of other vendors, we have a number of activities lined up for the day including:
- U-Pick Blackberries - $2/pint, empty pints and donation jar located in market area from 9:00am-1:00pm
- Free bike tune-ups by the AMS Bike Co-op from 9:00am - 1:00pm
- Free 30 minute Farm Tours @ 9:30am, 11:00am, 12:00pm
- Face painting, coloring, carrot fortune telling from 10:00am - 1:00pm
- Yoga under the poplars with Kristi @ 10:00am - 11:00am
- Performance by the Mozart School of Music @ 11:00am-11:30am
- Food Preservation Demo - Pickling and Fermenting with local chef Andrea Potter @ 11:30-12:00pm
- Information regarding the UBC Farm Organic Farming Practicum
Feel free to print out our Summer Harvest Festival poster (PDF) to help us get the word out about the festival, and click here for a google map indicating blackberry picking locations at the farm. See you at the festival!
Mid-week campus markets
Farm-fresh produce delivered right to campus! Visit the UBC Farm stand every Wednesday from 11:30-1:30 outside the UBC Bookstore for an assortment of UBC Farm produce.
Volunteer shifts are up and running
Urban Farmers and Market Crew volunteer sessions are in full swing! Check out the volunteer page for more details. If you are new to volunteering at the UBC Farm, you need to attend an orientation before your first shift.
Summer 2010 Hours
Summer hours are from 9am-5pm Monday through Saturday. We ask all visitors to respect and enjoy the space, and not to disturb any plants, equipment, or research aparatus on site. All dogs must be leashed while at the farm.
UBC Farm named in Tides Canada's "Top Ten for 2009!"
Thanks to all our supporters for their hard work this season and best wishes for the holidays. Please take a look at the UBC Farm's writeup over at Tides Canada.
Help the UBC Farm Grow!
We've got a short (under 2 minutes) photo montage highlighting scenes from the UBC Farm this season. Take a look, and help us build a strong foundation for next year. Thanks for your support!
If you can't view the flash presentation, you can see the same piece on youtube or download the movie (quicktime, 5MB) directly. And when you're done, feel free to head over to the online donation site. All online donations made through UBC's site go 100% towards supporting the farm's innovative learning and community programs.
Friends of the UBC Farm
Are you interested in getting involved with a group of people to promote the UBC Farm and organize outreach events? The Friends of the UBC Farm (FotF) is a group open to both students (as an AMS club) as well as the wider community. The best way to find out what we're up to and how you can get involved is to join us for our weekly meeting, held every Thursdays at 5:30pm in SUB 211 for Fall/Winter 2009-10. You can also e-mail friendsoftheubcfarm@gmail.com or check out the FotF website.
Friends of the Farm Blog
At the FotF Blog, read periodic updates and items of interest posted by Friends of the Farm members. If you use an RSS feed service, subscribing is a great way to make sure you don't miss updates on events, markets, and more.
Friends of the Farm Mission
To support the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm through fundraising and increasing awareness about the value of the UBC Farm, its education, research and community outreach programs in both the UBC and wider communities.