by Hillary Lindsay | Mar 30, 2020 | Job Posting
Eligibility: student returning to school in September Hours: 35 hours/week at $15/hour, May 18-August 21 The Urban Farm Assistant will help in the market garden, community garden and market stand of Common Roots-Woodside at Nova Scotia Hospital in Dartmouth and Common...
by Sara Burgess | Aug 6, 2019 | Community
Written by Ellen Petrie This week the Farm was busy despite the heat wave we have been enduring. We have been able to make as many Market beds as stakes would allow. On Tuesday afternoon we had many hands help us fill those forty-foot-long Market beds. YMCA’s Youth...
by Sara Burgess | Jul 23, 2019 | Community, Deep Roots
Organization Name Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS) Coordinator Name Heather Asbil, Coordinator, Growing Strong Neighbourhoods Program About ISANS and the Growing Strong Neighbourhoods Program ISANS’ mission is to help immigrants build a future in...
by Sara Burgess | Jul 23, 2019 | Community
Written by Ellen Petrie This week our water tanks were filled, marking having water onsite for the first time since moving to the BiHi park! Many members of the Common Roots community came to pay the farm a visit as a result. Some old friends got to spend quality time...
by Sara Burgess | Jul 18, 2019 | Community, Get Involved, Thank you
Name: Jingyi (Celia) Luo Volunteer since: 2014 Roles: Farm Steward and Core Team member About Celia: Celia grew up in a family of gardeners, her father and grandmother both spent lots of time growing vegetables on their balcony. However, growing-up Celia was not...
by Sara Burgess | Jul 15, 2019 | Community
Written by Ellen Petrie This week was a busy week on the Common Root BiHi Farm. Some of the finer details of becoming a booming farm site have begun to fall into place. For example, the water tanks that will be used to water the all the raised beds on site arrived on...
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