by Sara Burgess | Dec 21, 2018 | Community, Deep Roots, Press, Uncategorized
By Emma Drudge All photos by Juanita Gallagher. This article originally appeared in the Summer issue of the Ecology & Action, the Ecology Action Centre’s quarterly magazine It’s early in the season at Common Roots Urban Farm. Feathery white row covers...
by Sara Burgess | Dec 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
This article features Rupesh Dhungana and Januka Humagai, the children of Tika Ram Dhungana and Data Ram Humagai, who farmed at Common Roots for 4 and 5 years respectively before leaving for Ontario. Since our Deep Roots program started 5 years ago, nearly half of the...
by Sara Burgess | Dec 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
BY KELLY TOUGHILL Cultural food security is key to how and whether immigrants take root in their new home. In Halifax, Common Roots Urban Farm was the only source of some traditional foods for newcomers, but the community garden was shut down and no one knows where –...
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