Urban gardens and farms in the city: Canada's Vancouver is the world's capital

Urban Farms and Gardens in Vancouver

There is a precise administrative strategy, very concrete, which has made Vancouver, the world capital of urban gardens and city farms. And that is bringing people closer to food, reducing costs in the food chain and increasing savings opportunities, preserving urban greeneryAll this is called sustainability, and it is worth more than any scientific notion.

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COMMUNITY GARDEN VANCOUVER

Vancouver is a city in Canada, where agriculture is in serious crisis due to the difficult generational turnover in the fields, where 620 thousand inhabitants live and any of them can become part of a community gardenThat is, dedicating time to growing zucchini, cauliflower, vegetables, and even fruit trees with neighbors, neighbors, and neighbors in the neighborhood. The city administration even offers free courses in gardening without chemical fertilizers for beginners.

The result of this policy is that 44 percent of the Canadian city's residents are involved in one of the city's 1.700 cultivated green spaces.At the same time, urban farms in Vancouver have tripled in just a few years, and there are 20 local produce markets, all locally sourced.

Chicken Farms and Beehives in Vancouver

Among the rules introduced by the municipal administration there is also the possibility, in the courtyards of condominiums, to raise chickens (no more than four) as long as they are registered, just as there is the green light for beehives in the cityHowever, roosters, ducks, turkeys and goats are prohibited.

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