Before I head to bed, I quickly wanted to share this link I used in my paper. It's concerning Vancouver's Social Planning initiative to create 2010 shared garden plots by 2010. You can read it here:
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/commsvcs/socialplanning/initiatives/foodpolicy/projects/2010gardens.htm
In my paper, I discussed how this may create a new tension as new plots would essentially be planted for the purpose of generating an Olympic legacy. This would be a new chapter to the Community Garden in Vancouver because it would demonstrate new and existing gardens as public sites that are not entirely de-commodified (because of their attachment to the Olympics).
I'm wondering how garden leaders feel about this initiative, perhaps positive, perhaps negative or more than likely a little from columns A and B.
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Hi Mau,
I'd be really interested in reading your paper. I work at the City - and cover off some of the 2010 Gardens-related work. We're very interested in people's reactions to the initiative.
I think I speak for most folks that work on the project when I say that we'd like to see more community gardens, regardless of the olympic tie-in.
On the other hand, given the real need to bolster food security throughout the city, if the cause can be advanced a little through this approach then so much the better.
Anyway, if you feel like emailing me a copy please send it to foodpolicy -at- vancouver -dot- ca.
Keep up the good work with the blog!
- andrew pask, social planning department
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