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Comment on Leasing Land in Richmond & Delta – Talk with Bill Zylmans by gretchen

gretchen — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:15:55 +0000

It was a great talk! (Sorry)
We do have some video and Bill gave out handouts as well. We’ll see if he’s ok having it public posted. Have you tried to put up a wanted ad on Craigslist? Depending on the size you are thinking, there are also lots of grass covered yards in Richmond, you could try Richmond Yardshare as well. http://www.richmondfoodsecurity.org/community-gardens/richmond-yardshare/

Comment on Leasing Land in Richmond & Delta – Talk with Bill Zylmans by Paul

Paul — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:52:30 +0000

Great, I just find out about this talk and I’m too late, I’m really interested in leasing a small piece of farmland to get my feet wet in the farming business but I’m having a hard time getting started. I will be a farmer though, one way or the other.

Comment on Contact by Seedy Saturday | The Sharing Farm

Seedy Saturday | The Sharing Farm — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:02:45 +0000

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Comment on Baby Food Demonstration by Destry

Destry — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:41:18 +0000

The truth just shines throguh your post

Comment on Leasing Land in Richmond & Delta – Talk with Bill Zylmans by Environmental Stewardship for #RichmondBC » Blog Archive » Events to engage in Environmental Stewardship

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:47:09 +0000

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Comment on Contact by Seedy Saturday | The Sharing Farm

Seedy Saturday | The Sharing Farm — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:17:53 +0000

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Comment on Sacrificing Farmland To Import Food by April Reeves

April Reeves — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:02:47 +0000

While I completely agree with Harold Steves and Anne Murray’s article, we can address farmland and growing food until we’re blue in the face, because reality reveals that:
1. Land costs are a barrier to entry for young farmers (those with willing minds and bodies to farm),
2. We simply do not have enough of those willing participants even if we did have all the land available for them.
Question to really ask is “how can we get these barriers out of the way, so that Ports and other food importers do not stand a chance as no one wants to support them?
There is much more to this quandry than we realize, and time is running out…

Comment on Minutes from October 20, 2011 by Gary Lake

Gary Lake — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:48:05 +0000

re:6b.Colt program- Program at Richmond High to help support teen moms received funding from CKNW to provide homemade organic foods for teen and their kids. Michele Li will be volunteering to help with the program.

Richmond High also has a Grade 10 gardening club that runs out of Paulik Park. They have their own plot garden there and could potentially grow vegetables for the above program,

Comment on Richmond Electoral Survey by Claudia Li

Claudia Li — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:31:13 +0000

Up to 73 million sharks are killed every year, mainly for their fins (IUCN, 2010). This means that some populations have dropped by 90% and one third of our open ocean sharks face an elevated risk of extinction (IUCN, 2010). Sharks are top predators and maintain the health and balance of our ocean ecosystem. They are mainly being hunted for their fins for shark fin consumption. With their populations plummeting, banning shark fin consumption is the most effective way of protecting these vulnerable, important species.

Because of the high value of their fins (a dorsal fin of a whale shark can go for up to $50,000 alone) and relatively low value of everything else (e.g. their meat, bones and oil), sharks are often targeted just for their fins. Hence, the process of shark finning – where all of a sharks fins are sliced off and the body wasted and dumped back into the oceans – is rampant in the seas. Due to a major lack of resources and enforcement in international seas, the best thing Canadian cities can do to protect sharks is to ban the sale, possession and trade of shark fin products. Shark finning is already prohibited in Canada yet we still import fins that are from at risk species.

If sharks fin consumption goes down, less sharks will be killed because that’s the main reason why their populations are being targeted.

Recently, some shocking photos were released on the shark fin trade, see it here in National Geographic — New Shark-Fin Pictures Reveal Ocean “Strip Mining”
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/pictures/111028-shark-conservation-ecology-preservation-biodiversity-animals/

Like Ontario, when one cities take leadership, the others follow. It’s about collaborating and working together to find a solution and we need a leader to spark the movement.

Lastly, to our knowledge, there are no freshwater aquaculture shark fisheries in China. We encourage any councillors to get in touch if you have other questions or concerns.

To contact us or for more information, visit http://sharktruth.org or http://facebook.com/sharktruth

Comment on World Food Day by Arzeena

Arzeena — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:22:40 +0000

Rob, do you know Councilor Harold Steves? He raises about 30 Belted Gallaways on his property at the very west end of Steveston Hwy. He’d be the first person I’d contact. Hoping you have some access to land…