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The Local Grain Revolution X (Retail Supported Agriculture? / Sprouting Grain)

Thumbnail image for The Local Grain Revolution X (Retail Supported Agriculture? / Sprouting Grain) September 11, 2009 by Jon Steinman

What is Retail Supported Agriculture?
As far as the North American local food movement is concerned, it’s not a concept that has yet been coined in any notable way. The Kootenay Grain CSA (community supported agriculture) project located in the Kootenay region of British Columbia is now changing that.
Community Supported Agriculture is most often a model [...]

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Purpose and Product: the Beginning of a CSA Part III

August 10, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

Last weekend, a few of our CSA members headed out to Linden, Alberta for another visit to Oxyoke Farms. We’d been out a month or two before that and had a great time.
I took a few videos from this last trip, but Windows Vista didn’t seem to like them, so I’ve been struggling for the [...]

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The First Delivery: the Beginning of a CSA Part II

Thumbnail image for The First Delivery: the Beginning of a CSA Part II July 13, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

The following is part 2 in an ongoing series documenting the inaugural year of the “Knox-yoke” CSA, a collaboration between Knox United Church and Oxyoke Farms. You can view photos of the visit to Oxyoke in mid June here.
The garden at Oxyoke is big, but not unusually so. Robby steps between the rows, grabbing his [...]

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Finding Oxyoke Farms: the Beginning of a CSA Part I

Thumbnail image for Finding Oxyoke Farms: the Beginning of a CSA Part I June 24, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

The decision to visit was somewhat spur-of-the-moment. A family friend, her two children, my wife and I piled into a Subaru station wagon one afternoon and took off toward Linden, Alberta, not knowing what exactly to expect. It’s about an hour drive from Calgary. We pass through Beiseker (past their statue of “Squirt” the skunk, [...]

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Gardening gets tough in Spring ‘09

June 15, 2009 by Theresa C.

In almost every way, this Spring is turning out to be a completely different gardening experience than last year.
In Spring ‘08, it seemed like the seeds I planted all sprouted nicely, grew steadily, fended off pests and even the odd hailstorm. Rain fell from the sky in reasonably-timed doses, and by early July I had [...]

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A visit to the Thompson Small Farm

Thumbnail image for A visit to the Thompson Small Farm May 26, 2009 by Mike Soron

Jonathan and Andrea Wright run the zero-emission Thompson Small Farm, near Carbon, Alberta. He’s also the co-founder of one of the city’s first community supported agriculture programs.
The New Resilient featured a series of articles by him earlier this year, “Towards Sustainability: one couple’s working model” (Parts I, II, and III).
Last week, Cheryl Arkison (a CSA [...]

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Calgary Farmers’ Market Goes Corporate?

Thumbnail image for Calgary Farmers’ Market Goes Corporate? May 14, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

The Calgary Farmers’ Market has become a fixture of the Calgary culinary and local food community. In fact, it was the place where I eventually discovered the joys (and pricey-ness) of local food fare. Some of my favourite farmers still sell there, like Valta Bison and the Innisfail Growers co-op.
However, the Farmers’ Market has always [...]

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Towards Sustainability: one couple’s working model (part III)

Thumbnail image for Towards Sustainability: one couple’s working model (part III) April 13, 2009 by Jonathan Wright

This is part three of a series of articles penned by Jonathan Wright, a Calgary area farmer and co-founder of one of the city’s first community supported agriculture programs. Jon operates a zero-emission farm called Thompson Small Farm near Carbon, Alberta with his partner Andrea.
Thompson Small Farm uses animal power for as many tasks as [...]

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Towards Sustainability: One Couple’s Working Model (Part II)

Thumbnail image for Towards Sustainability: One Couple’s Working Model (Part II) April 6, 2009 by Jonathan Wright

This is part 2 of a series of articles penned by Jonathan Wright, a Calgary area farmer and co-founder of one of the city’s first community supported agriculture programs. Jon operates a zero-emission farm called Thompson Small Farm near Carbon, Alberta with his partner Andrea.
Thompson Small Farm has different ideas about “sustainable” from those of [...]

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Towards Sustainability: One Couple’s Working Model (Part I)

Thumbnail image for Towards Sustainability: One Couple’s Working Model (Part I) March 30, 2009 by Jonathan Wright

Over the next few weeks, the New Resilient will be featuring several articles penned by Jonathan Wright, a Calgary area farmer and co-founder of one of the city’s first community supported agriculture programs. Jon operates a zero-emission farm called Thompson Small Farm near Carbon, Alberta with his partner Andrea.
I used to be a conservationist. [...]

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The Local Grain Revolution: Sailing Grain

Thumbnail image for The Local Grain Revolution: Sailing Grain March 10, 2009 by Jon Steinman

The New Resilient will now be featuring Deconstructing Dinner, an inspirational and insightful weekly radio podcast from CJLY Kootenay Co-op Radio out of Nelson, British Columbia. The podcast examines the political, social and environmental ins and outs of our food system–regionally and globally. We’ll also be featuring Deconstructing Dinner host Jon Steinman’s weekly column on [...]

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Pesto meets systems thinking

February 7, 2009 by Mike Soron

For just over a month now we’ve been receiving a weekly delivery from SPUD.ca — Small Potatoes Urban Delivery. A growing and progressive company that delivers local and organic groceries to many Canadian and US cities.
Since joining, I’ve recommended the program to several friends and family members and even my workplace has begun large [...]

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