UrbanAgriculturemagazine • number22 • June2009
41
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ruaf.
org
In the context of examining the role of urban agriculture in building resilient cities, our research at the Institute
for Sustainable Horticulture in British Columbia, Canada,
attempts...
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UrbanAgriculturemagazine • number22 • June2009
41
www.
ruaf.
org
In the context of examining the role of urban agriculture in building resilient cities, our research at the Institute
for Sustainable Horticulture in British Columbia, Canada,
attempts to answer the question: Howcanurbanandperiurban agriculture be tied directly to the economic, social and
ecological vitality of our cities? We believe the answer lies in
part in building sustainable bio-regional, agri-food systems,
as a necessary pre-condition for creating food sovereignty.
The metropolitan Vancouver region of south-west British
Columbia (B.
C.
), Canada, is an amalgamation of 21 cities and
municipal districts, encompassing 282 million ha, including
41,000 ha of farmland, with a population of 2.
1 million.
Metro
Vancouver has a long and rich agricultural heritage and
remains an important part of the province’s agriculture
sector.
The region currently generates 25 per cent of B.
C.
’s
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