{"id":7189,"date":"2016-10-02T20:51:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T00:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=7189"},"modified":"2016-12-20T16:43:58","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T21:43:58","slug":"vancouver-canada-michael-ablemans-street-farm-celebrates-the-transformation-of-asphalt-into-market-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=7189","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver, Canada: Michael Ableman’s Street Farm celebrates the transformation of asphalt into market gardens."},"content":{"rendered":"
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. . SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT . .<\/p>\n

A book review from BC Book Look<\/a> (abbreviated)<\/p>\n

The Sole Food Street Farms initiative in Vancouver has been described by its innovators as North America\u2019s largest urban farm project, boasting an annual yield of 50,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables from five paved sites, 4.5 acres in total, employing 75 people from 2009.<\/p>\n

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It all happens amid the asphalt and squalor of the Lower Track of Canada\u2019s most expensive city (the urban area near Main and Hastings is not called the Downtown Eastside anymore).<\/p>\n

Dr. Gabor Mat\u00e9 calls it \u201ca great antidote to pessimism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson says, \u201cIt\u2019s an ingenious use of space that has been vacant or otherwise discarded.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the program\u2019s seventh growing season, co-founder and director Michael Ableman has published Street Farm: Growing Food, Jobs, and Hope on the Urban Frontier (Chelsea Green Publishing $33.20) to celebrate an initiative that he says operates on a scale unprecedented in North America.<\/p>\n

A book launch with high profile chefs at Main & Terminal will be held on October 6, emceed by Fred Lee. Entry is $175 per person.<\/p>\n

According to publicity materials, Sole Food pays $300,000 in annual wages to employees including 25 individuals dealing with drug addiction and mental illness.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you stretch your concept of what a family is, move beyond the stereotype of Mom, Dad and the kids,\u201d said Ableman, \u201cand you could say that the Sole Food farms and the community of farmers and eaters that rely on us are just that\u2014a family. And for many of our staff, this family may be the only one they have ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n

All crops are grown in soilfilled growing boxes. It is claimed the overall yield for this growing system is 15 to 25 times higher than conventional \u201copen field\u201d growing systems. . . <\/p>\n

(Thank you to Janet Hudgins, the CPNN reporter for this article.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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What is the relation between movements for food sovereignty and the global movement for a culture of peace?<\/a> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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