Here is a list of individuals, companies, ideas and links that you may find useful.

www.spinfarming.com
First rate information on best methods for successful small plot farming. If you want to become an urban farmer, this is required reading.

www.seasoil.com
This is composted fish and forest fines soil from Vancouver Island. Sea Soil has NO foul Odor, has a PH of 6.5, and is weed-free.
OMRI Listed.

www.westcoastseeds.com
Great seed supplier with useful information on growing veggies on the west coast. They produce an excellent catalogue full of local knowledge.

www.cityfarmer.org
Canada's office of Urban Agriculture. They people are amazing - 30 years of promoting urban farming!

www.garlicfarm.ca
Boundary Garlic specializes in heritage seed garlic. Excellent website for information on growing, storing and cooking garlic.

www.fullcircleseeds.com
Locally grown seed, open pollinated, and certified organic.

www.saltspringseeds.com
Dedicated to a safe and sustainable agriculture.

www.stellarseeds.com
Certified organic, grown in BC, Heritage Varieties.

www.brothernature.ca
A small Vancouver Island based Organic Seed company who pride themselves in producing strong, vibrant organically-grown annuals, perennial, herb vegetable seed.

www.producer.com
The Western Producer. The best farming newspaper in the west.

Media Links

How does one man with a few backyards make such a difference?

Vancouver Sun - Concrete jungle may give way to an urban vegetable patch

CBC TV - Living Vancouver - City Farm Boy

Urban Farming / Agriculture Related Stories

BC Ministry of Agriculture Report on BC's Food Self Reliance - pdf - 1 MB

6 Ways Mushrooms Can Save the World