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Work at home mom of 2 small kids with a BSc in Entomology & Botany.

Sammy and I (my wife) are hoping to soon find some land to buy/rent for our family. We have a young daughter now, and we're hoping to have at least a second child. We would love to have some land that we could develop a market- garden on. Our ideal situation would be a 5 acre, south-facing slope in the valley of NS! We're looking for a rent to own sort of situation. I'm a nurse originally, but am presently halfway through a massage program, Sammy is, well, a mom right now! Anyway, any info on a house and land would be much appreciated. We'd be looking at moving into a place April-ish of 2013 and perhaps buying! in 2014. Thanks for reading! - Caleb Oh, and my contact info is 697-2769, or calebcarlos@hotmail.com, or maybe even chameleon4444@hotmail.com

A co-founder of Village Vancouver Transition Society and a student of social permaculture, I have a background in international development and have a solid understanding of sustainable development practices and precepts. Bringing the world of Low-Impact Development to Vancouver was a strong reason to come to this city, and urban food production is a necessary industry in resilient cities of the future. I am available in my neighbourhood to help site and build raised or sunken beds (as permaculture principles will suggest and using only recycled lumber), provide food and beneficial flower seeds from the Main Street Village Seed Library, and help point people to resources to start growing food with NO cash investment. High quality food is essential to health, and home-grown food not only has no carbon foodprint--and may actually reduce one's ecological footprint!--but is also less likely to be wasted. I am eager to help promote this oldest revolution in the history of human civilization. I am a very part-time urban farmer of 70 m^2 plus two greenhouses. I capture, contain, or slow all of the 440,000 litres of water that fall on my 380 m^2 lot annually, using it for almost all of my food gardening, cleaning, and recreational needs. I have a 2 m^3, 3-chamber organics composting system that "eats" 80% of my solid waste and about a third of the leaves that fall on the street in my block. I am a member and former Board member of Neighbours Organic Weekly (NOWBC), buy almost all of my family's food through this heavily locally-sourced, organic, and low-carbon food distribution system, and contribute some of my excess garden food to my neighbours through NOWBC connections. I plan to share my home-grown food more and more as I improve my yields and expand the growing season. I am helping in 2011 to found the Vancouver Underground Market, a local distribution system for entirely locally-grown or -made food and crafts coming to a neighbourhood very near to you. If "you grow it, you bake it, or you make it," VUM is the place to sell or share it. We are expecting to bicycle this market around the city to many locations, with advanced notice provided on the Village Vancouver website, Facebook, Twitter, directed email, and perhaps through this site as well. We can create a sustainable, resilient, and healthy local economy! We need to. Join us at www.villagevancouver.ca and help to feed your city while converting our excess CO2 into food. Food is a human right.

I am a current Permaculture design student (finishing at the end of May). I am currently living in a small apt and would love to have sustainable food production, but don't have the land to do what I would like to. I am also excited to share with the community and build strong community relationships through shared sustainability!

Hi: I'm a professional Chef who loves gardening. I most like growing vegetables and am interested in bee keeping. I am available to help out with veg gardening in around downtown Calgary. Anybody keeping bees that might need bee-sitting sometime?

I am an avid sustainability enthusiast who is involved in a number of projects in and around Calgary. I have some background experience in big agriculture that comes from working on my cousins 5000 acre grain farm. Currently in Calgary I am the co-founder of Urban City Farms, a start-up outfit interested in producing local, naturally grown produce. I am interested in both the development of method and technology when it comes to agriculture, and see a great deal of room for improvement in the way we do things currently. I'm always willing to lend an ear to anyone who can teach me something new, so whether you need some help or can help me out don't hesitate so say hello. -Chris

I live in the east end of Toronto in a high rise building. With not a lot of community gardens in the area and the Riverdale wind on my balcony, I am hoping to find somewhere to grow food for myself and my partner. I have experience growing food since childhood. I worked for FoodShare on food projects in Toronto, and am currently working at Eastview Neighbourhood Community Centre as a Food Access and Nutrition Coordinator. Growing food and food access is my passion and part of my work on a daily basis. I am just hoping to add to this by growing food for my household. Since there is only two of us, I would be more than happy to share the harvest all season!

I am a 26 year old east coaster who has been studying and practicing organic agriculture for the better part of a year. What I'm looking for in life is a good chunk of land that can be worked autonomously and accountably for organic production through sustainable practices.

Having grown up on a farm, I see a piece of dirt and I want to PLANT! At the moment, my community plot, my little brother's backyard and the planters in the parking lot of my apartment building are overflowing with veggies, herbs and my favorite flowers, peonies! Let me help and harvest please!

I live in a high rise apartment building St.James Town block south of Rosedale and beside cabbagetown.. I love growing food and gardening.