FOOD: Vancouver, BC, challenges Washington, DC
City Hall beats White House to the green punch: Plot set aside for community garden
BY DOUG WARD, VANCOUVER SUN
MARCH 7, 2009
Barack Obama's got nothing on Gregor Robertson when it comes to having green cred with the local food movement.
Organic food activists in the United States have been urging the new president to install a community garden at the White House.
A few days ago, Vancouver's new mayor announced that a portion of the city hall lawn, just north of the main city hall building, will be converted into a community garden for people to grow food.
"Vancouver has really beat Obama on this one," said Mike Levenston, executive director of the City Farmer Society.
(More here.)
BY DOUG WARD, VANCOUVER SUN
MARCH 7, 2009
Barack Obama's got nothing on Gregor Robertson when it comes to having green cred with the local food movement.
Organic food activists in the United States have been urging the new president to install a community garden at the White House.
A few days ago, Vancouver's new mayor announced that a portion of the city hall lawn, just north of the main city hall building, will be converted into a community garden for people to grow food.
"Vancouver has really beat Obama on this one," said Mike Levenston, executive director of the City Farmer Society.
(More here.)
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