by Sara Burgess | Jun 17, 2019 | Community, Press
Making the most of the city’s limited green space image caption: The Prescott Street community garden has 25 community garden plots, and a waitlist to get one Written by Kaila Jefferd-Moore; Originally seen in The Coast Urban agriculture is trending hard these days,...
by Sara Burgess | Feb 20, 2019 | Press
Halifax’s Common Roots Urban Farm is looking to move from its current spot at Robie Street and Bell Road to a green space by the Bicentennial Highway at Bayers Road. “Once that site is approved by city council, if that can happen, then I’m going to...
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 Emma Drudge | Oct 11, 2018 | Press, Uncategorized
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 11, 2018 HALIFAX, NS – Common Roots Urban Farm (CRUF) is launching a crowdfunding campaign to fund the farm’s transition to a new home. With the QEII Health Sciences Centre New Generation Project slated to begin, the farm is coming to...
by Jayme Melrose | Aug 26, 2018 | Press
On March 28th, 2017, one of our beloved volunteers, Don Christie was interviewed by Natalie Dobbin, on CBC Mainstreet NS. He talks about the challenges of living on a very low income, with many challenges, but the bright spot that Common Roots Urban Farm has...
by Jayme Melrose | Apr 4, 2018 | Press
Having recently returned from the Parabere Forum, held in Malmö, Sweden, Janine Kennedy wrote for the Chronicle Herald about food and food security titled A Fresh Approach to an Age-old Problem, (read the full article here). “Something I’ve been learning about (at...
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