Michelle Gamage is a Vancouver-based journalist with an environmental focus who regularly reports on climate for The Tyee. You can find her on Twitter @Michelle_Gamage.
Canada Throws Out Half the Food It Produces. What If We Ate It Instead?
To wrap up this series on accessing fresh, affordable food in an urban setting I’m focusing on food waste. Could we eat better by changing what we consider “waste”?
August 25, 2022
You’re on a Beach and See a Tasty Critter. Can You Eat It?
This week I’m looking at foraging local plants and animals. Vancouver is a coastal city with beaches littered with Pacific mussels and varnish clams, and lush parks overrun with rabbits and Canada geese.
August 22, 2022
Foraging for City Fruit on Bike Routes and Up Trees
Integrating Indigenous food systems like forest gardens into today’s urban setting will take some work. But we can look at models of food sharing and community building in Indigenous societies to help us reimagine what is possible in non-Indigenous urban centres…
August 19, 2022
Urban Farms, Community Gardens and Local Produce at Your Doorstep
So I’m setting off on a quest to find fresh and affordable food here in Vancouver and documenting my findings in a four-part series.
August 18, 2022