Will other major cities follow Vancouver's giant urban farm?

09/12/2013 - 00:00

Urban farms have popped up all over in the last decade. But not many operations are on the scale of Sole Food in Vancouver. Its four sites plan to produce 60 tons of food this year, enough for dozens of local restaurants and markets. A fifth site is on the way.

"'Urban agriculture' is used fairly loosely," says co-founder Michael Abelman, who is a veteran in the practice. 


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