[Akroncooperative-news] Backyard Growing and Selling in Vancouver

[Lawrence Parker]

**Looks like we're right on with our efforts at bringing back canning and other methods of food preservation!** - Larry
 
 
Unusual Chinese vegetable grows in city backyard

My friends have a large, productive, backyard food garden in Richmond, B.C. One vegetable they grow is most unusual and delicious. At dinner the other night, I asked my generous hostess to tell me about this Chinese vegetable, which she both grows and cooks. They call it "Orsun" in Mandarin.

**We can all see the same kinds of vegetables being grown by the Laotians and the Karen at the Charles & Turner community garden under the "Y" bridge.**

Backyard Growing and Selling in Vancouver

Many people in Vancouver grow their own food in pots or in community gardens. But some businesses are putting those small plots together for a big harvest.

**Antiquated Canning Makes a Comeback - Canwest News Service

For a generation that made instant gratification its raison d'etre, the recent reclamation of canning - a domestic art that could be timed with a sundial - is nothing short of astounding.

Nielsen Canada reports this week that sales of canning accessories were up nearly 70 per cent in May over the same month last year, while June saw the category swell a whopping 88 per cent compared to the same period in 2008.**

Composer writes song - 'The Family Farm in My Front Yard'

Jean Elliott Manning writes, "This song is the finale of an entire musical I've written about how an urban lawn becomes a Food Farm. It's called Daisy and the Wonder Weeds." The songwriter is looking for a producer.

   
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Michael Levenston
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