You place a free Wanted, Available or Donation ad for a food item on the website and when there is a match you’ll be contacted. Shared Harvest is another tool to help Metro Vancouverites achieve this. For greater food security we need better access to local food. Sometimes it’s hard to find local food unless you go to the farmers market. MOV will host a series of food-based events throughout the fall, including a Free Outdoor Summer Film, a Food and Beers speaker series, Family Workshops, and Talks and Tours. Jars of all shapes with a maximum height of 11inches or 28cm can be dropped off at the Museum’s front desk. The exhibit will also include a Communal Wall of Preserves which will grow with public participation, as MOV hopes patrons will donate jars of home-preserved fruits and vegetables. Visitors will gain insight into alternate styles of growing food like house-lot farming and farming co-ops. The photos range from proud inner city gardeners to an aerial view of an industrial scale sustainable hothouse. Using large-scale photographs Home Grown introduces visitors to the people behind local food. The exhibit Home Grown: Local Sustainable Food, is a visual feast of 39 Brian Harris photographs set across four seasons. The large-scale photographic exhibit captures the current momentum behind local food production and urban agriculture. The Museum of Vancouver (MOV) has partnered with Farm Folk City Folk to explore Vancouver’s passion for backyard farming and local food. Opening on Augand running to January 2, 2011.
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