UBC Farm Centre
Vancouver, BC
Ongoing
MOTIV Architects is working together with CSFS to develop a preliminary vision statement, set of success criteria and sustainability strategies for the UBC Farm Centre for consideration and evaluation. The vision statement, criteria and strategies serve as an initial framework to guide discussions and assessments, ensuring that the most effective and feasible approaches are identified. As the project progresses, the vision statement and strategies may be refined, expanded, or adjusted based on further analysis, input from project partners, and emerging opportunities.
The Farm acts as outdoor classroom for UBC students, children, youth, and new entrant farmers, hosts children’s camps in the summer and two weekly markets in the growing season. Every year, over 30,000 people come to the UBC Farm for food literacy events and programming, and to walk through the cultivated annual crop fields, perennial hedgerows, orchards, pasture, Indigenous-led gardens, and forest stands that comprise the 24-hectare farm.