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Urban Roots – Rise of Urban Farming in Detroit

What a great documentary! It is so amazing to see all the footage of Detroit and the urban farms scattered among the decomposing buildings. This is a really inspiring movement.

Get involved. More info at www.urbanrootsamerica.com

Fresh Lychee Ice Cream

Fresh Lychee Ice Cream

We had a delicious opportunity this week with unexpected access to an extra large bottle of fresh raw cream from a local community dairy just when lychees are in full swing in the markets. We can never get enough of these exotic fruits so we just couldn't resist making them into this delectable ...

Volunteering at the Market and Spinach Salad

Volunteering at the Market and Spinach Salad

This is my last semester of classes before I finish my Masters degree. While I still have a practicum to finish and thesis to write I am beginning to feel like I am close to the end. In honor of this ending, I wanted to really celebrate the student life this summer, by this I mean not working full t ...

SeedStock – Vancouver’s Community Currency

SeedStock – Vancouver’s Community Currency

Seedstock Seedbomb! from agorabora on Vimeo. Seedstock, is a community currency for Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. We believe that community currencies can improve the connectedness of communities, support local, independent businesses, encourage a more vibrant and diverse local economy while ge ...

Rethink the Concept of Banks and Currencies

Rethink the Concept of Banks and Currencies

There is a growing movement in North America towards public banking and debt free money, spearheaded by Ellen Brown and Bill Still. We have posted several articles and videos on this topic here. Vancouver has it's own project to develop a community currency called SeedStock --you can get involve ...

Open Letter to Global Cowshare Community

Open Letter to Global Cowshare Community

Hella Delicious is extending the use of this website to cowshare and food co-op members all over the world to be used as a community resource. The avatar hellaD was created in 2007 as a global representative for pure and unadulterated foods--including milk--and to support diverse traditional foo ...

In Transition 2.0 – The Movie

In Transition 2.0 – The Movie

Hopefully we'll get some screenings here in Canada too! "In Transition 2.0 is an inspirational immersion in the Transition movement, gathering stories from around the world of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. You'll hear about communities printing their own money, growing food eve ...

Unrecognized: A Chronicle of Bedouin life in the Naqab

Unrecognized: A Chronicle of Bedouin life in the Naqab

Produced and Directed by Nirah Elyza Shirazipour, the film discusses how the state of Israel is striving to sedentarize this historically nomadic indigenous population by uprooting them from their culture and community through the denial of basic resources, house demolitions, land appropriation and ...

Canadians Rally for Food Freedom

Canadians Rally for Food Freedom

Vancouver rallies for food freedom November 23rd 2011 in conjunction with all the other right to food choice rallies across the country. These food freedom rallies are in response to the irrational and heavy handed pressure on small-scale local organic food clubs and communities across North America ...

Occupy Vancouver and Open Source

Occupy Vancouver and Open Source

I finally managed to stop by Occupy Vancouver the other day and even though the weather is terrible and cold, it still feels like a community down there. I haven't been able to spend as much time as I had hoped, but I really love knowing that there is a village in the heart of the city that I live i ...