UBC farm brings city slickers back to earth

People concerned about the high cost of organic food would do well to consider their health instead, he said.

“In North America we spend somewhere between seven and 10 per cent of our disposable income on food. In Europe they spend 20 per cent.”

“We just have in our mindset, the way we’ve been educated, that food should be cheap. For a whole generation or maybe two we have not related to the fact that food is health.”

Back at the UBC Farm, would-be chef Kate Boutilier said city slickers would do well to acquaint themselves with the taste and quality of fresh ingredients.

“I grew up in the Okanagan and my grandparents taught me how to farm. But a lot of kids in Vancouver don’t know the difference between kale and spinach.”

- The Canadian Press