Harvesting a Worm Bin at City Farmer

Lauren demonstrates two methods of harvesting worms and compost from a worm bin. She also shows us how to make a worm bin from a plastic Rubbermaid bin. Lauren teaches worm composting to both children and adults at the Vancouver Compost Garden in Vancouver, BC, Canada. This program is jointly run by City Farmer Society [...]

City Farmer’s Worm Bins

Worm bins are great for composting a small amount of food waste on apartment balconies. We teach thousands of people how to worm compost at the Vancouver Compost Garden in Vancouver BC Canada. (www.cityfarmer.org)

W2 TV: Positively Green Ep 1 City Farmer

Sharon and Michael, of Vancouver compost demonstration, take us on a tour of their compound, including the various new technologies that make composting, gardening and greening more urban home friendly. www.creativetechnology.org

City Farmer’s Compost Toilet

See our compost toilet at the Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden and find out how it works for us. (www.cityfarmer.org)

Urban Composting, New York City

The New York City compost project

Garden Girl TV: City Vinyards

Patti, the Garden Girl, shows you how easy it is to grow grapes in the city.

Brick City Urban Farms (part 2)

John Taylor and Lorraine Gibbons use earthboxes to turn a vacant lot into a thriving farm, bringing fresh local produce to the ‘food desert’ of Newark, creating green jobs, educational and job training opportunities. UPDATE: Brick City Urban Farms is now Garden State Urban Farms. For more info, go to www.gardenstateurbanfarms.com or contact Lorraine Gibbons [...]

City To Farm Composting Project

Betsy Kettle explains the City to Farm Composting Project. This is a different method of collection and processing urban food scraps that could potentially supply the farmlands around major cities with an odourless, leachate free compost. The security of the urban food supply might be dependent on growing locally without dependence on petrochemical-based fertilizers and [...]

A look inside the City of Edmonton’s Composting Facility

A look inside the Edmonton Composting Facility,the largest of its kind in North USA by volume and size. More info: www.edmonton.ca/waste