Garden in the press

Have a look at this great article by Tor Sandberg. He interviewed me for this rabble.ca article a couple weeks ago, and in it he writes about the garden! Hooray.

Inspired folks go organic
"I think the emphasis on local is the new organic. What I'm seeing is the local interest in agriculture taking off."
		Photo>Paul Hoepfner-Homme
		Paul planting with a friend
>by Tor Sandberg September 4, 2007 Paul Hoepfner-Homme, 26, shows off his ripening cherry tomatoes, chard, zucchinis, and a myriad of other vegetables. It was only earlier this year that Paul converted a gravel parking space into a bio-intensive garden behind his rented apartment in downtown Toronto. Three years ago, while in the midst of his computer science degree at the University of Waterloo, Paul had an epiphany while reading Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael, a book that criticizes modernity and its unsustainable relationship to the environment. “I couldn't help but agree [with the book],” says Paul, who a year later would begin volunteering on an organic farm outside Toronto, inspiring the creation of his backyard garden and thoughts of starting his own organic farm. Continued on rabble.ca...