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SUMMARY:Getting Your Hands Dirty: Restorative Agriculture in the Inner City
URL:http://www.harbourliving.ca/event/getting-your-hands-dirty-restorative-agriculture-in-the-inner-city/
LOCATION:Fernwood Community Centre :: 1240 Gladstone Avenue Victoria, V8T 1G6
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Seann Dory is the co-founder and co-director of SoleFood Farm a social enterprise that trains and employs Downtown Eastisde residents in agriculture. SoleFood has transformed 4 ½ acres of Vancouver into Street Farms that supply Vancouver’s markets and restaurants.=0D=0A=
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At this talk, Seann will speak about the restorative nature of agriculture and it’s affects on the farmers at SoleFood. In a time when urban dwellers have become disconnected from where their food comes from, what happens when you put the farm in the city?=0D=0A=
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Before starting Sole Food, Seann was a project manager at United We Can a social enterprise creating employment opportunity for inner city residents through environmental enterprises. Seann is a founding member of the Young Agrarians, an initiative to recruit, promote and support young farmers in Canada.=0D=0A=
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Seann speaks regularly about food, sustainability and inner city development and has presented at the EAT Vancouver Festival and the Projecting Change Film Festival. Seann is a graduate of the Sustainable Community Development program at Simon Fraser University and a member of the National Farmers Union.
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