Duncan (he/him): My journey into urban farming started in 2014 in Hamilton Ontario (Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee territory), where I spent four seasons working, and two living, on a multi-site, organic, urban farm called Backyard Harvest, while attending McMaster University (where Liana and I met in 2015). I moved to Vancouver in 2018 for a master’s in landscape architecture at UBC. I love to study history and ecology, play music, and make gardens.
Liana (she/her): I grew up in North Vancouver on traditional and unceded Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish, and Musqueam territory. I took on City Beet without much farming background but with a passion for community and the environment. So far it has been an excellent adventure. I love trellising and pruning tomatoes and running CSA pickup especially. If you spot me working in one of our yards with my headphones in, I'm probably listening to an audiobook.
Photos by passers-by Asalah Youssef, @asalahyoussef on instagram, and Duncan.
