Canada: Edmonton Urban Farm doubles in size and opens to visitors
Soil is being trucked in and spread around, expanding the Edmonton Urban Farm as the number of farmers tending the space jumping to nearly 100 green thumbs.
By Adrienne Lamb, Rick Bremness
CBC News
Aug 14, 2021
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Patty Milligan is getting ready to welcome guests to the Edmonton Urban Farm.
“When they get here they feel the magic but I don’t think as many people know about us as they should,” says the agricultural education specialist with Explore Edmonton.
The farm at 11312 79 St. opened seven years ago with about 50 gardeners. This year, with a $35,000 grant from the United Way and the Butler Family Foundation, Milligan said it’s now doubled in size.
Some vegetables are already flourishing in the new plots. More soil and wood chips are being trucked into what was once a vacant lot used to store rodeo dirt by Northlands, now run by Explore Edmonton.
Milligan said that means a space of two acres is now home to more than 100 varieties of plants, three heritage chickens, a bee hive and more.
