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Video - Rod Olson: Is urban agriculture a fad?

Rod Olson is a Small Plot Intensive Farmer in Calgary Alberta. Rod and Chad Kile of Leaf and Lyre Urban Farms pioneered SPIN Farming in the City of Calgary in 2010.  He talks about Urban Agriculture's trends in Calgary from two urban farm operations in 2010 to 6 in 2013. As Calgary's pioneers in blazing the trail for urban farming, Rod and Chad are the quiet advocates for a new mode of farming.

Rod Olson was interviewed by the Alberta Land-use Knowledge Network as part of their online course and discussion of Urban Agriculture and Local Food in the autumn of 2013. The course, Growing Insights can be viewed at http://growinginsights.ca/