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		<title>6 more days until sprout season</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sprout season is just around the corner! I just finished interviewing 8 potential apprentices and will be making my decision today.  Not an easy task picking from a group of very enthusiastic candidates &#8211; but I think I have made a decision&#8230; The site is looking great and I can&#8217;t wait to get rolling on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cmthoreau.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6586582&amp;post=916&amp;subd=cmthoreau&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Setting up for 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 07:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I started prepping the sprout site for the season.  I&#8217;ll have a few changes this year, but nothing too drastic. Today I rebuilt the prep table and built a permanent cover over it.  This will make it easier to maintain and much easier to work in adverse weather.  Additional cover will still need to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cmthoreau.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6586582&amp;post=907&amp;subd=cmthoreau&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Site Secure for Another Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well I have really neglected this blog! But I am happy to say that I have now secured my sunflower sprout site for another season which is a nice relief. And a bonus on top of that is even though I offered, I will not be charged any rent for the season.  That makes me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cmthoreau.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6586582&amp;post=899&amp;subd=cmthoreau&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Farming Connections</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So last week I sent an update about this project to Toronto Urban Growers which has turned out to be a very good idea!  We were made aware of a grant  that we applied for and have had a number of inquiries, including from Joe Nasr who has done a lot of UA work in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cmthoreau.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6586582&amp;post=897&amp;subd=cmthoreau&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Farming Forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We met with some city planners yesterday to talk about about city policy and how it affects urban farmers and what needs to happen to change that policy.  The two main things we discussed were finding policy precedents and reporting about them back to the city and holding a public forum on urban farming with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cmthoreau.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6586582&amp;post=876&amp;subd=cmthoreau&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Farming and Food Policy Council</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know.  I&#8217;m a bad blogger. Respect to you who do this daily.  Though hopefully you get some people time in there, too. Lots has happened (not all work), so no time to write it seems. The UFN is now an official external working group of the Food Policy Council.  So that means much of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cmthoreau.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6586582&amp;post=873&amp;subd=cmthoreau&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Urban farming, of course.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I need to reflect on the Jan 30 meeting a bit to process what was achieved. The Hopes and Fears exercise really demonstrated people&#8217;e desire to work together.  This will be important in determining the success of the network.  It also demonstrated the fear of the network not being able to follow through &#8211; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cmthoreau.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6586582&amp;post=843&amp;subd=cmthoreau&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Farming Chugs Along in Vancouver &#8211; Second Urban Farmer Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So on January 30 we had our second urban farmer meeting in an effort to develop an urban farming network.  This meeting was meant to act as a chance to more clearly define our shared goals and visions.  It was attended by about 25 urban farmers on a cold but sunny Sunday afternoon. The meeting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cmthoreau.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6586582&amp;post=833&amp;subd=cmthoreau&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Farming Subsidies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been thinking a bit about subsidies lately.  I kind of like them.  Especially for small growers. I was thinking that we need to be careful about how we talk about subsidies.  We often have a negative take on them, especially when contrasting local food with imported food.  &#8221;Imported food comes from large subsidized [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cmthoreau.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6586582&amp;post=829&amp;subd=cmthoreau&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Will Allen and Urban Farming in Vancouver!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a brilliant two days for urban farming in Vancouver! Will Allen has been in town for the past two days and it has been a great time!  Last night we had an intimate Q and A with him and about 30-40 urban farmers at Chapel Arts.  He actually asked all of us to introduce [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cmthoreau.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6586582&amp;post=826&amp;subd=cmthoreau&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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