Top soil is loaded up from a backyard food garden in Vancouver July 22, 2011.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Julia Smith gathers a few eggs from her backyard chicken coop at her home in Vancouver July 22, 2011.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Julia Smith tends to her garlic scapes at her home in Vancouver July 22, 2011.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Andrea Bellamy tends to her wheat crop in Vancouver July 23, 2011.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Andrea Bellamy pulls weeds from her wheat crop in Vancouver July 23, 2011.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail