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1 Fresh Roots Urban Farm Vancouver Schoolyards, Incubator Farm Plot, Residential Sites Mixed Vegetables and edible flowers CSA, Pocket Markets, Restaurants

2 Urban Digs Vancouver Residential Sites Mixed Vegetables, Chickens CSA, Farmers Markets, Restaurants

3 The Orchard Garden Vancouver behind the MacMillan Building UBC Campus Mixed Vegetables UBC restaurants and cafes blogs.landfood.ubc.ca/lfsog/

4 Inner City Farms Vancouver Residential Sites Mixed Vegetables CSA, Restaurants

5 Giddy Up & Grow Fraser Valley Residential Sites Wheatgrass, pea and sunflower shoot Farmers Markets, Wholesale to stores and direct to end user

6 City Farm Boy Vancouver Residential Sites Mixed Vegetables CSA cityfarmboy.com

7 My Urban Farm Vancouver Brownfield Sunflower sprouts CSA, Farmers Markets, Restaurants, Grocers myurbanfarm.ca

8 Duncan s Backyard Henhouses Vancouver Builds Chicken Coups dailyeggs.com

9 Farmers on 57th Vancouver George Pearson Centre Mixed Produce CSA, Markets farmerson57th.wikispaces.com/

10 World in a Garden Vancouver W. 57th and East Boulevard (City Land) and a Vancouver Montessori School Mixed Produce Farmers Markets Donates to Food Bank theworldinagarden.wordpress.com

11 Grant s Gourmet Gardens Vancouver Builds food gardens for residents

12 Loutet Farm North Vancouver Site in City Park Under construction Under construction

13 Sundog Veggies Delta Leased Farm Mixed Produce Farmers Market, CSA, Farmgate sales sundogveggies.wordpress.com

14 Southlands Heritage Farms Vancouver Residential Sites Mixed Produce, chickens, goats, pigs Farmers Market, Farmgate sales, CSA southlandsfarms.farming.officelive.com

15 Urban Edibles Richmond Residential Sites Mixed Produce Farm stand; local grocer

16 YWCA Rooftop Garden Vancouver Rooftop Mixed Produce Donated to Crabtree Corner Vancouver_Rooftop_Food_Garden_/605

17 SoleFood Vancouver Vacant lots Mixed Produce Farmers markets, CSA, Restaurants, Grocers, Farmgate sales

18 UBC Farm Vancouver Farm Land Mixed Produce, chickens, bees Farmers Market, CSA

19 Environmental Youth Alliance Youth Garden Vancouver Cottonwoods Community Garden Seeds and seedlings Sell seeds in local stores; donate seedlings

20 Yummy Yards Vancouver Residential Sites, market garden Mixed Produce Farmers Market, CSA

21 24 Carrots Vancouver What they deliver: Mixed produce from local farms Bike delivery around Vancouver 24carrotscompany.com

22 Natural Urban Growers (NUG) Richmond City Land Mixed Produce CSA nuglands.blogspot.com

23 Terra Nova Sharing Farm Richmond City Land Mixed Produce, Fruit trees Farmers Markets, Donate to food bank

24 Green City Acres Kelowna Residential Sites Mixed Produce Farmers Market, CSA, Restaurants

25 Common Grind Penticton Residential Sites Mixed Produce Farmers Markets, Caterers

26 Carrot Creek Urban Farm Richmond Residential Site Mixed Produce, bees Public Sales, Neighbours wordpress.com/

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