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From: Michael Levenston <cityfarm@interchange.ubc.ca>
Date: Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Subject: Urban Agriculture Research and Education Centre - Concept Paper -
Richmond BC Canada
To: minifarms@gmail.com


        *Urban Agriculture Research and Education Centre - Concept Paper -
Richmond BC Canada

*  "Kwantlen University College, School of Horticulture and its
research/outreach arm, the Institute for Sustainable Horticulture, in
partnership with the City of Richmond and its citizen groups working in food
sustainability, will develop and implement North America's first formal,
post-secondary centre and programming expressly focused on urban and
urban-rural interface agriculture food systems."

"The centre's overarching goal will be to support and advance with research,
expertise and educational support, a viable, sustainable, food production
sector in the urban and urban-rural interface as a critical element of vital
and sustainable 21st century society. Key to program function and success
will be the development of a Research, Teaching and Demonstration Farm
facility and emphasis on practical skill and knowledge development and
application."


"There are many who desire to engage in urban-rural interface agriculture
but have no access to land or sense of how to go about finding such.
Likewise many with small parcels sitting idle would like to have them
utilized. Partnering with other community groups, the centre would serve as
a clearinghouse, matching small acreage owners with aspiring urban and
interface agriculturists. This would be an incredibly valuable and important
outreach/development function of the program. To similar end, it would be
extremely valuable to establish a micro-loan program to support start-up
urban and interface agriculture entrepreneurs. Other creative ways to make
land available to young aspiring food producers would be explored (e.g.,
usufruct) and studied."

"The program should endeavor to address local regional issues but at the
same time connect with the wider urban and urban-rural agriculture
community, which is substantial. One mechanism for this is to develop and
position the centre as a world leader in and model for advancing urban and
urban-rural interface agriculture research, education and development. Such
an entity will attract scholarly interest from around the globe."   Read
more here.

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