karen

Cargo Bicycle Delivery Now Available

karen March 15, 2021 March 15, 2021CSA

Wonderful partnerships form when people connect! A CSA member reached out to offer bicycle delivery service to fellow members. Rob figured he’d be biking anyways, why not drop off some other folks’ veggies & flowers along the way? (See catchment area below). He’s working out some cargo delivery logistics for future endeavors, and what a great trial run. He’s got folks to call on if he has to miss a week, so, reliable. And folks who can’t make the trip to the farm can access our same-day harvested produce. Winning, all round. So glad you reached out Rob. Here’s Rob’s…

Grow Your Own Food Course is back!

karen March 12, 2021 March 12, 2021Grow Your Own Food Course, Programs

We are so happy to announce that the Grow Your Own Food Course is back for the 2021 growing season. We had to cancel last year during the onset of the pandemic. Growing on the grounds of a long-term health care facility, and the oh-so-uncertain times that were March 2020, fences had to go up around a newly designated COVID recovery ward and we lost access to 35 instructional and community garden plots. We were so sad to lose growing grounds when people most needed access to the outdoors, and to connect with what nourishes us: food, nature & community.…

2021 Urban Farming Volunteer Learning Program – Apply Now!

karen January 8, 2021 November 30, 2021Get Involved, Opportunities, Urban Farming Volunteer Learning Program, Volunteer

The Farmers on 57th market garden is seeking Learning Program volunteers for the 2021 season! This full season learning experience will immerse you into the world of ecological farming. It is a practical hands-on experience where you exchange your labour and commitment for our instruction, supervision and mutual commitment. We follow COVID-19 protocols to keep the market garden a place of health and well-being for all. Farmers on 57th is an urban farm on Vancouver Coastal Health land, 57th Avenue near Cambie Street, in Vancouver, BC. The 1/2 acre market garden grows beautiful organic flowers and veggies for distribution through a 70-family CSA…

All is not well with the farm

karen July 12, 2020 January 8, 2021CSA, Urban Farming Volunteer Learning Program, Youth Employment

This was originally posted to CSA members in our Harvest Newsletter July 15, 2019. Minor edits have been made. Dear Farm Members, Okay, time to come clean. All is not well with the farm. I do try and paint a rosy picture for y’all (and myself). It’s healthy to remain positive, and there are certainly positive things happening: a wonderful garlic harvest this week, and a community of dedicated eaters, growers, volunteers and staff who make Farmers on 57th a great organization to be a part of. I like to focus on the crop successes, the ever-surprising wonders that are plants and soil and beautiful…

Love from Farmers on 57th amidst COVID 19

karen April 1, 2020 July 20, 2020Community

Well, what a predicament we all find ourselves in. Our hearts are deeply pained for all the people suffering, those who are unwell or worried for their loved ones. You are foremost in our thoughts. Top of mind are the residents of George Pearson Centre, many of them fellow gardeners, who live in the long-term residential care facility on whose grounds we farm. All precautions are being taken to protect this community of people who are so appreciative and supportive of the little farm outside their bedroom windows, and who are an important part of our farm community. We are…

2020 Urban Farming Volunteer Learning Program – Apply Now!

karen January 28, 2020 September 23, 2020Get Involved, Opportunities, Urban Farming Volunteer Learning Program, Volunteer

The Farmers on 57th market garden is seeking Learning Program volunteers for the 2020 season! This full season learning experience will immerse you into the world of ecological farming. It is a practical hands-on experience where you exchange your labour and commitment for our instruction, supervision and mutual commitment. Farmers on 57th is an urban farm on Vancouver Coastal Health land, 57th Avenue near Cambie Street, in Vancouver, BC. The 1/2 acre market garden grows beautiful organic flowers and veggies for distribution through a CSA program. We operate on the grounds of George Pearson Centre, home to 100+ people living with disabilities. There…

Hiring Summer Horticulturalist

karen June 24, 2019 June 24, 2019CSA, Garden Club, Get Involved, Growing Eden, Opportunities, Summer Student

Farmers on 57th|Assistant Urban Farmer & Horticultural Therapy Program Coordinator Vancouver, BC Name of Facility: Farmers on 57th: A Community Integrated Urban Farm Location: Main location at 57th @ Cambie Street; second satellite location at 7710 Nanaimo Street Start Date: Flexible start date, 8 weeks of full time employment (30 hours/ week). Start by July 1, 2019. Hours offered: 30 hrs/week Compensation: $13.85/hour. This is a 30 hour/week position for 8 weeks. This is a Canada Summer job posting, so the successful applicant must: be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment be a…

2019 Veggie & Flower Shares – Sign up now

karen April 27, 2019 April 27, 2019CSA, Get Involved, Opportunities

Wowza! Time is just flying by. We have been in the field for 2 months now turning in our cover crops and seeding the season of eating’s crops. We eat all year of course, but eating straight from the garden, the food we’ve grown ourselves, the food we grow for our community? So delicious. So fresh. The season of eating! It’s been a whirlwind of a start, setting up a new farm site on the western lawns of George Pearson Centre. Last year, we had to move from our old farmsite of 9 years, to make way for the bulldozers.…

Urban Farming Volunteer Learning Program – Apply Now!

karen January 24, 2019 February 8, 2019Get Involved, Opportunities, Urban Farming Volunteer Learning Program, Volunteer

Apply now! Urban Farming Learning Program with Farmers on 57th The Farmers on 57th market garden is seeking Learning Program volunteers for the 2019 season! This full season learning experience will immerse you into the world of ecological farming. It is a practical hands-on experience where you exchange your labour and commitment for our instruction, supervision and mutual commitment. Farmers on 57th is an urban farm on Vancouver Coastal Health land, 57th Avenue near Cambie Street, in Vancouver, BC. The market garden grows beautiful organic flowers and veggies for distribution through a CSA program. We operate on the grounds of George Pearson Centre,…

SOIL SLINGIN’ SATURDAY OCTOBER 6, 1-4PM

karen September 30, 2018 September 30, 2018Events, Volunteer, Work Party

Hey folks, we are building a farm! The existing market garden will be a construction site in Phase 1 of the Pearson Dogwood Development by ONNI. Help us complete the growing beds at our new site in the cool October sunshine. We be slingin’ soil to form permanent raised beds with the mighty shovel, rake & wheelbarrow. All equipment supplied, gardening gloves too if you don’t have your own. Just bring you, a water bottle, and a snack if you need something to sustain you through a 3 hour workout. Date: Saturday October 6th, 2018 Time: 1-4pm Location: On the…