Urban Farm 🥕 Social Enterprise 🥕 Non Profit Fifteen years of growing good food and jobs in the heart of the city!
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We believe healthy food systems foster healthy communities. We envision a future where good food is accessible and grown sustainably, where farms thrive in an urban setting and where the community comes together to connect directly with their food and their neighbours.
🧄Throughout this season, we’ve savoured garlic in all its forms—from delicate green shoots, to curly scapes, and fresh cloves. Now for the final act! Our cured garlic is ready for markets, to be shared with CSA members, and chefs.
Pictured here, preparing fresh garlic, is our processing supervisor Laura. Fun fact: Laura runs her own mighty micro-bakery which makes the most delicious cakes using local seasonal ingredients.
Sole Food in the news! 📽
French speaking friends, enjoy this profile on our work and what 15 years of farming in the city means to some of our farmers. Merci à Monia Blanchet de CBC Radio de se joindre à nous à la ferme!
Sole Food Street Farms emploie des personnes qui peinent à s'intégrer dans le marché du travail conventionnel.
Sole Food in the news! 📽
Enjoy this profile on our work and what 15 years of farming in the city means to some of our farmers. Merci à Monia Blanchet de CBC Radio de se joindre à nous à la ferme!
Sole Food Street Farms emploie des personnes qui peinent à s'intégrer dans le marché du travail conventionnel.
Sole Food in the news! 📽
French speaking friends, please enjoy this profile on our work and what 15 years of farming in the city means to some of our farmers. Merci à Monia Blanchet de CBC Radio de se joindre à nous à la ferme!
Sole Food Street Farms emploie des personnes qui peinent à s'intégrer dans le marché du travail conventionnel.
Sole Food in the news! 📽
French speaking friends, please enjoy this profile on our work and what 15 years of farming in the city means to some of our farmers. Merci à Monia Blanchet de CBC Radio de se joindre à nous à la ferme!
Sole Food Street Farms emploie des personnes qui peinent à s'intégrer dans le marché du travail conventionnel.
You know what they say, the EARLY GIRL🍅 gets the worm and the August SUN🍅is worth it's weight in GOLD🍅. Come on down to get your SWEETIES🍅 an HERILOOM🍅 treat that might just make them BLUSH🍅.
We have an abundance of tomatoes right now, including all the varieties found in our clever pun (i.e. sungolds, sweeties, early girl, blush, and numerous heirlooms). Chefs and market goers can expect great deals in the days ahead. Reach out to place an order!
Pictured here is our awesome greenhouse supervisor Ian enjoying a sungold.
🌻Guided Farm Tours🌻
Join us next Tuesday August 13th from 2 - 6 p.m. for an inside look at our urban farm with seasoned Sole Food farmers, like Nova pictured here tending our asparagus crowns. Walk the fields, visit the bees, and learn about all that goes into growing hyper-local produce. The last tour will being at 5:30 p.m.
Tours are complimentary for CSA members and by donation for the public. The suggested donation is $20 per person, which can be made at give-can.keela.co/farm-tours/
We are located at 299 West 1st Ave (North on Crowe Street)
One of the most exciting things about urban agriculture is seeing our produce transformed into delicious meals. We love working with local restaurants! Sole Food Farmers are committed to growing top-quality produce and we're looking for new restaurants to collaborate with!
Our restaurant Fresh Sheet drops twice a week with deliveries (in collaboration with ) or pick-up on Wednesdays and Fridays. Some chefs even ride in on their bikes to pick up their orders! Whether you are a small-scale corner cafe or a major hotel restaurant, we have produce for you!
Tag the restaurants you love or send us a DM and let's work together! 🫶🏾😋
☀️Saturday at West End , featuring our retro banner dusted-off to reuse and celebrate in our 15th year!
All your summer favourites are here: heirloom and cherry tomatoes, summer squash, yellow and purple plums, figs, fresh shallots, green beans, arugula, and much more.
📣Last Call: Sign-up for your 5 week harvest share!
There's still time to register for our 2024 CSA Program to enjoy seasonal vegetables grown in the heart of the city. Support local and our work growing food good & jobs. Register now at www.solefoodfarms.com/csa/
🌻Attention Members: we will be hosting farm tours from 2 - 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday August 13th. Non-members are welcome to join us for tours by donation.
We're looking forward to opening our gates and inviting you all in soon!
We 🩵 Shift Delivery! Over the past two seasons, Shift Delivery super heroes have been biking our harvests to restaurant partners two times each week. Our partnership has allowed us to decarbonize our systems while spending more time in the field.
Shift is a worker owned co-op located in Vancouver that specializes in last mile delivery. They are fast, reliable, and a delightful team to work with. Connect with them at https://www.shift.coop/
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Summer of Purplettes!
Friday flashback to our former farm at Pacific & Carrall⚡️
Did you know that over the past 15 years we've farmed on 5 different sites around the DTES of Vancouver? In this time, we've grown over 1,000,000 lbs of fresh produce - all on vacant city lots!
📖Dive into our remarkable past through our books Street Farm and Farm The City available at www.solefoodfarms.com/the-book/
Things are looking up! 🌅
Sun, heat, and harvests are all out in full force. We have an abundance of potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, garlic, and greens growing at our urban farm.
Join us on Saturdays at the West End Farmers Market (9 - 2pm) or onsite Tuesday & Thursday afternoons (2 - 6pm). Chefs can also get involved by joining our twice weekly Fresh Sheets.
Fresh Sheet: solefoodfarms.com/restaurants/
Markets: solefoodfarms.com/markets/
CSA Recap: We're already six weeks into this season's Community Supported Agriculture program. As they say, time flies like an arrow, and fruit flies like a banana!
We're thoroughly enjoying our Tuesday and Thursday afternoons spent with members and neighbours at our pickup and on-site market. You can find us at 299 West 1st from 2 - 6 pm Tues & Thurs.
If you're interested, there's still time to get involved by signing up for either a 10-week or 5-week share. For full details, visit solefoodfarms.com/csa/.
🌱We're seeking our next Executive Director🌱
With deep gratitude, we announce that our Co-Founder and longtime Executive Director, Michael Ableman, is retiring. Over the past 15 years, Michael's determination and dedication have enabled Sole Food to become one of North America's largest urban farms, donating thousands of pounds of produce annually and creating hundreds of meaningful jobs.
It’s been a remarkable 15 years! We're energized to continue building on our achievements and are now looking for Sole Food Street Farms next Executive Director. This is a unique opportunity to lead a mature and innovative non-profit as it continues its work providing meaningful agricultural jobs to residents of the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.
📝 Job Posting: https://www.foodwork.ca/jobs/non-profit-management-and-community-engagement-jobs-sustainable-agriculture-food-systems-urban-agriculture-71419
We invite you to share this opportunity with your networks and encourage qualified candidates to apply!
Veggie boxes from your local urban farm are still available!🥦 Sign-up now for Sole Food's CSA (community supported agriculture) to get 10 or 5 weeks of seasonal harvest boxes. Support local and join our community of farmers & food lovers.
🔗Link in bio or at www.solefoodfarms.com/csa/
A cool moment in the shade thanks to 💻🌿. ERA Vancouver generously donated recycled & refurbished laptops to the farm to support our work growing good food and jobs.
Electronic Recycling Association is a non-profit that addresses the growing problem of e-waste and the increasing ‘digital divide’. For over fifteen years, ERA has offered simple solutions to help with equipment recovery, refurbishment and reuse. They continuously supply charitable groups with donated IT equipment. Learn more at ERA.ca 🔗
Starting this Saturday May 18th, we will be posted at the West End Farmers Market for the rest of the season. We're looking forward to connecting with the community around Nelson Park!
Thank you to all our lovely friends and customers who've been supporting us at Trout Lake for all these years💚. You've kept us energized through long harvest days. We hope to see you again soon.
Kicking-off on May 28th is our Tuesday and Thursday Farmgate Market from 2 - 6pm at our urban farm in Olympic Village. Take a look at our full schedule for the summer season:
🐢Tuesday: Farmgate Market, 2 - 6pm @299 West 1st Ave (with CSA pick-up)
🐢Thursday: Farmgate Market, 2 - 6pm @299 West 1st Ave (with CSA pick-up)
🐢Saturday: VFM West End Market, 9 - 2pm @1100 Comox St btw.
Only two weeks to go✌! Our weekly on-site market and CSA begin Tuesday May 28th. We can't wait to welcome you to Sole Food each Tuesday & Thursday this season for our Farmgate Market and Community Supported Agriculture share pick-up. Gates will be open from 2 - 6: 00 pm.
Good news - if you've missed our CSA registration, there is still time to join! Full season shares are on sale for only two more weeks. You can also sign-up for a half or quarter season length share. Members get 15% off produce all season long. Delightful veggies await at solefoodfarms.com/csa/ + link in bio 🔗
Members: keep an eye on your email inboxes for a welcome email!🧐
At the end of every rainbow could be a box of baby beets 🌈
Happy Earth Day from all of us at Sole Food! Share a moment with us to say thanks to the special space we get to steward in Coast Salish Territory.
For 15 years now, we've transformed urban spaces into productive agriculture landscapes growing good food and jobs for the community. For the last 4 seasons, we've been lucky to do this work at our urban farm in Olympic Village. Take a look through these photos to see the space transform in this short period of time➡️➡️➡️
We believe that we all need something meaningful to do each day that connects us to each other and nature. Support us, join our CSA, and learn more about our work at solefoodfarms.com
Our work centers accessibility by removing barriers to employment and agriculture. This year, we are applying this approach to our CSA making it more accessible by providing 4 different prices, 3 different lengths, payment plans, and a flexible market pick-up.
Limited quantities are left for our community tier share! Learn more at www.solefoodfarms.com/csa/ to determine which model is best for you.
Use the following codes at checkout to divided your payment over two or three transactions: PYMTPLN2 or PYMTPLN3
A great profile on our amazing friend Fiona from Ainslie Urban Farm in Canberra.
"The Churchill Fellowship propelled me forward immeasurably – not only to learn but to share the knowledge, and become part of a global community.”
Give a gift that grows this month!🌱A $20 monthly donation made in March will be doubled by CanadaHelps. Double your impact now until March 31, 2024.
Plant seeds of change today! Donate through searching our charity Cultivate Canada Society on CanadaHelps website or by going to www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/cultivate-canada-society/
Help us sustain our mission to empower individuals with limited resources by providing jobs, agricultural training, and inclusion in a supportive community of farmers and food lovers.
Looking for a flexible way to join a CSA this summer? We're offering 5 and 10 week length shares this season. You can even select your own pick-up dates! Sign-up now and learn more at solefoodfarms.com/csa/
Link in bio🔗
💚 Much love to Coast Seeds for their generous seed donation allowing us to do our work growing good food and jobs!💚
They have so many beautiful varieties. We're especially excited to get growing the yellow doll melons and mini-me cucumbers. We'll also be establishing more pollinator patches this season on the farm with their wildflower mixes.
Hey Neighbours! Our 2024 Community Supported Agriculture shares are now on sale at solefoodfarms.com/csa/
We are making CSA more accessible this season by providing a flexible market pick-up, four different price points, three different share lengths, and payment plans. Pick-up is at our Olympic Village farm on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
This year we are celebrating Sole Food's 15 year of farming in the heart of our city! Support urban agriculture and join our community of farmers and food lovers.
Community Supported Agriculture At Sole Food, our work centers accessibility for our farmers by removing barriers to employment. This year, we are applying this approach to make our CSA more accessible to our community by providing the following selections: 4 different price points, 3 different shar...
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Our Olympic Village Farm Market is open tomorrow from 4-7 pm at 299 West 1st Ave. Just 2 blocks from the Canada Line and a hop skip and a jump from the heart of Olympic Village. Now accepting debit/credit tap.
Thanks to the SpencerCreo Foundation for providing us with a suite for our staff and friends to watch the big game and thanks to @whitecapsfc for the shoutout on the big screen. #buylocal #bcplace #whitecaps #spencercreofoundation #streetfarm
We need your help! This is a space that inspires people to become a part of something bigger than themselves. Please take one minute to click the link in our bio and vote for us to win a donation that will support more than 2000 hours of agricultural training and employment for people who are managing complex barriers such as mental illness and addiction. It’s a tight race and we need your help right now! www.kindnesspaysforward.ca
Sole Food Farms is a big fan of the city's Temporary Modular Housing and look forward to opportunities to work together by providing employment and community inclusion to the residents who will be living next door to our urban farm in Olympic Village
Pop up market 299 West 1st ave, Thursday August 9th, 2018
pop up market right now!
Classic rock in the park #fairinthepark #webuildhope #streetfarms #solefoodfarms
Sole Food Farms is looking for an outgoing and self motivated person to help lead our market sales this summer. Must love people! https://GoodWork.ca/985804
Sole Food Farms is looking for a hard working, high energy person to support our processing area this summer. Must love veggies! https://GoodWork.ca/906804
This is how we dry our salad greens! #spindry #washer #spincycle #delicatesbag #farmhack #lifehack #lifehacks #streetfarms #urbanag #farming #saladgreens #solefood #cityfarm
We plant baby fennel with our peas. #friends #streetfarms #vancity #urbanfarmer #urbanfarm #peas #fennel #babyplants
A year in review, thank you to everyone who supports our good work. Here's to a beautiful, bountiful 2017!
Our new book is out telling the story of how the idea of getting land, hiring people, and growing food became so much more. Andrew Chang from CBC tracked down Michael long enough to get him to spill some beans on the behind-the-scenes writing of the book.
Sole Food transforms vacant urban land into street farms that grow artisan quality fruits and vegetables, available at farmer’s markets, local restaurants and retail outlets. We believe healthy food systems foster healthy communities and envision a future where good food is accessible, grown sustainably, where farms thrive in an urban setting, and where our community comes together to connect directly with their food and their neighbors.
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