Category: Langford
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Langford OCP includes food security goals that align with UFRIS recommendations
Wednesday May 21, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke, Executive Lead, UFRIS On Tuesday evening May 20, City of Langford council heard a fullsome presentation of their new draft Official Community Plan (OCP) which includes Part 13 – Food Systems and Security. Naturally, the Urban Food Resilience Initiatives Society (UFRIS) supports all steps…
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We’re seeking donations of gardening tools & equipment
Saturday May 17, 2025 by Mary P Brooke, Executive Lead, UFRIS Porcher Park Community Garden at 822 Wren Place in central Langford has food-growing plots for household resilience and food donation to community. Urban Food Resilience Initiatives Society (UFRIS) operates the garden on behalf of the City of Langford. The City of Langford has paid…
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Food-growers connect at Porcher Park Community Garden
Sunday May 11, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke, Executive Lead, UFRIS It was a rainy setup on Saturday morning May 10 for our UFRIS meet-and-greet at Porcher Park Community Garden. But the sun came out and so did Langford food-growing enthusiasts! Thank you to our volunteer setup crew and everyone who visited.…
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Community event at Porcher Park on May 10, 2025
Friday May 2, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC [Updated May 5, 2025] The opening season of the first year at Porcher Park Community Garden starts with an event on Saturday May 10. This first community garden in Langford is for people who grow food! It will support households and provide donated food to the broader community…
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Get ready to grow at Porcher Park!
Monday April 14, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC The City of Langford’s community garden at Porcher Park will be up and running for growing veggies and fruits in this year’s growing season. The Operator of the garden is the Urban Food Resilience Initiatives Society (UFRIS). Porcher Park is on Wren Place in downtown Langford. The park…
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2025 Earth Day Event in Langford
Wednesday April 9, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT The City of Langford will be celebrating Earth Day by hosting an official opening of Porcher Park! Earth Day is on April 22 every year. The Porcher Park opening event is coming up on Tuesday April 22, 2025. Time tba. The public is invited to hear…
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We’re excited about Porcher Park!
Wednesday February 12, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC by the UFRIS Team The City of Langford is about to launch their first community garden in 2025. It’s located on Wren Place in central Langford, next to a playground, public park, and natural forested area. Quite the jewel of a location! The park will offer growing plots…
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UFRIS at the WorkBC Jobs Fair Sept 2024
On September 26, 2024 the Urban Food Resilience Initiatives Society (UFRIS) participated in the WorkBC Jobs Fair in Langford. We introduced three possible volunteer or paid-project opportunities: Neighbourhood Pod Connector | Community Garden Ambassador | Workshop Host. During the four-hour event we answered questions non-stop about the importance of growing natural food in urban spaces,…
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Mid-summer UFRIS panel explores urban food growing, emergency storage
July 28, 2024 | VIEW ROYAL, BC By Mary P Brooke, B.Sc. | As first published by Island Social Trends Exploring ways to mobilize more municipal action around food-growing and storage in urban communities was the focus of a four-speaker panel in View Royal last week. The highly-informative July 24 two-hour panel event was organized by…
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Urban Food Panel addresses municipal food-growing capacity
NEWS RELEASE – July 23, 2024 Urban Food Panel addresses municipal food-growing capacity LANGFORD, BC. The role of municipalities in providing suitable infrastructure for the growing of natural food in urban spaces is essential now in these times of increasing food prices and emergency scenarios. The Urban Food Resilience Initiatives Society (UFRIS) was launched in…