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 –...
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 | Jul 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
As a result of the QEII Redevelopment Project new construction, the Common Roots Urban Farm will be relocated. The farm will stay in its current location until the end of the 2018 growing season. In April of 2018, we held a public meeting to gather public opinion and...
by Jayme Melrose | Jul 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
In April the farm and PFC hosted a public engagement session to gather information from the farm participants and the public to determine where the farm could move and what a new farm would ideally look like. Over 250 people attended the public engagement session...
by Jayme Melrose | Jun 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Public Engagement Meeting Summary “Where Will Our Garden Grow?” For Common Roots Urban Farm At Citadel High School Auditorium April 11, 2018 7pm – 9pm written by Greg Woolner of CoLab What Happened Approximately 250 people attended the event. Four language...
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