by Jayme Melrose | Feb 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
Every year, we survey farm users, both in the middle as well as at the end of the season, so that we can hear what we are doing well, what needs improvement, and if we’re creating the impact we’re intending. Note: Special thanks to Adrian Herod, an...
by Jayme Melrose | Jan 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
DIGGING IN NOVA SCOTIA THERAPEUTIC HORTICULTURE NETWORK Winter 2018 Volume 4 Issue 1 Download the PDF newsletter here: winter.2018.DiggingIn.NSTHN Digging In is great resource for activities, events, articles and resources for Therapeutic Horticulture. Therapeutic...
by Jayme Melrose | Nov 21, 2017 | Community, Deep Roots, Press, Uncategorized
This summer, the United Way Halifax came to Common Roots to do a photoshoot of DataRam Humagai, and tell his story. It starts like this: “Data Ram Humangai spent nearly two decades in a refugee camp before coming to Halifax. There was no farmland or outside...
by Jayme Melrose | Nov 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
In November 2017, with the support of the Chronicle Herald, the Halifax Partnership is launching a challenge to support our work. The below is taken from their blog, November 21, 2017: According to the 2017 Halifax Index, findings from the 2017 City Matters Survey,...
by Jayme Melrose | Nov 13, 2017 | Plots, Uncategorized
This year we asked some of our community gardeners to volunteer to track their harvest. We wanted to get a sense of what the average $ value of produce that people were getting from their plots. We have 185 plots on the farm, that take up about 1 acre of land use. ...
by CRUF Staff | Oct 11, 2017 | Community, Uncategorized
JoAnne Douglas works in the hospital and rents a community plot with her co-workers. She met me on the farm this summer to talk about dandelions, Tree Baths, and what the farm means to hospital staff and the rest of the community. SG: Let’s start with what...
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