Project name
Farmers on 57th
Start date
2022
Organization
Farmers on 57th Society
Contact Information
Photo by Hasan Hasanzadeh on Unsplash
Project Summary
Farmers on 57th is a non-profit organization that promotes urban agriculture through green landscapes. It offers harvest sharing, accessible community gardens and educational and therapeutic programs, run by volunteers and professionals. Using ecological growing methods, the organization grows food, flowers, berries and fruit, which is distributed to over 1,000 people each season. It runs a one-acre urban farm and therapeutic gardens in Marpole and Bobolink Park in south Vancouver.