Food Security / Local Food
- Bringing Food Home — Tips for local eating (PDF) (Farm Folk / City Folk)
- Agriculture in Brief factsheets (PDF) — BC Ministry of Agriculture & Lands: BC, Metro Vancouver, Sunshine Coast, Vancouver Island
- BC’s Food Self-Reliance report (PDF) — BC Ministry of Agriculture & Lands
- Best Practices in Urban Agriculture (PDF) — City of Kamloops
Community Agricultural Planning
- Planning for Agriculture — BC Ministry of Agriculture & Lands
- Plan to Farm: An Area Farm Plan for Salt Spring Island (PDF) — Salt Spring Island Agricultural Alliance
- The Farm Assessment Review: Recommendations from Salt Spring Island (PDF)
- Salt Spring Island Farm Plan presentation (PDF)
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
- What is a CSA? — Local Harvest
- CSA (YouTube video) — Cooking Up A Story
- Kootenay Grain CSA
Community Farms
- Community Farms Program for BC — The Land Conservancy
- Community Farms in BC (PDF) — FarmFolk/CityFolk, The Land Conservancy of BC, and Simon Fraser University
- Community Farms backgrounder (PDF) — FarmFolk/CityFolk
Community Gardens
- Growing Community Gardens (PDF) – Vancouver Community Agriculture Network (VCAN)
Extending the season
- Cold frame manual — University of Wisconsin Extension (Got Dirt? initiative)
Soil, Composting, Mulch, Cover Crops
- Compost bin construction plan – single (PDF) — Metro Vancouver
- Compost bin construction plan – three bin (PDF) — Metro Vancouver
- Worm composting (vermiculture) (PDF) — Metro Vancouver
- Natural Yard Care, including soil info (PDF) — Metro Vancouver
- 7 Simple Steps to Great Mulch (PDF) — Garden Smart
- Mulch Fact Sheet (PDF) — Garden Smart
- Mulch Materials Fact Sheet (PDF) — Garden Smart
- Toronto Green Bin compost program: Full circle cycle (PDF), What goes in (PDF) — City of Toronto
- Overview of Cover Crops and Green Manures (PDF) — Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA)
- Building Fertile Soil — Mother Jones
- Soil Conservation Council of Canada
- Soil Landscapes of BC
- Nitrogen Scavenging: Using Cover Crops to Reduce Nitrate Leaching
- Soil Testing Labs (Lower Mainland):
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Norwest Soil Research Surrey 604 514-3322 Soilcon Laboratories Richmond 604 278-5535 Pacific Soil Analysis Richmond 604 273-8226
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Crop Specific
- BC Fruit Growers Association
- Growing Your Own Grains — Culture Change
- An Overview of the BC Highbush Blueberry Industry (PDF) — BC Ministry of Agriculture & Lands
- Hand harvested blueberry production business plan (PDF) — BC Ministry of Agriculture & Lands
- Hazelnut Production (PDF) — Govt of New South Wales (Australia) factsheet, good cross-pollination guide
- Truffle Association of BC Winter 2009 newsletter (PDF)
- Workplan: research and demonstration truffières in British Columbia (PDF) — Truffle Association of BC
- Hop Production Manual — Left Fields Farm
- Wine Islands Growers Association — A non-profit society to promote quality wine grape growing on S. Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.
Livestock
Seed Saving
- Community Owned Seed — Grassroot Solutions
- Seeds of Diversity
- Growing Against the Grain — Globe & Mail
- Seed saving tips (PDF)
- Saving Seeds — Seeds of Change
Pest management
- Deer proofing (PDF) — West Virginia University Extension Service
- 10 Reasons Not To Use Pesticides (PDF) — Garden Smart
- BC Agricultural Fencing Handbook – Table of Contents
Preservation / Storage
- Simple and Successful Vegetable Farming: How to Pick, Store, and Sell the Vegetables You Grow — University of Minnesota Extension
Education / Youth
- UBC Farm Apprenticeship Program (PDF)
- 4-H Youth & Community Development F.A.Q.s (BC Ministry of Agriculture & Lands)
- BC 4-H
- Canadian Farm Scholarships list
General online resources
- Farm Folk / City Folk
- Garden Smart (North Vancouver): Pamphlets, Workshops
- Deconstructing Dinner (Kootenay Coop Radio): Podcasts
- Vancouver Community Agriculture Network (VCAN) — Resources page
- Certified Organic Association of BC
- FarmWest forum
- BC Agritourism
- Farm Structures and Livestock Publications (BC Ministry of Agriculture & Lands)
- Small Farm Canada (magazine)
