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Farming in the city
Dieter Kuhlmann walks carefully between
the rows of newly planted peas, eyeing the crop that should be ready
for Edmonton dinner tables by mid-July.

June 15, 2009, Edmonton, Alta – Dieter Kuhlmann walks carefully between the rows of newly planted peas, eyeing the crop that should be ready for Edmonton dinner tables by mid-July.

To the south, across the field, downtown office towers nudge above a gap in the trees.

This is urban farming – thousands of hectares of dark, rich, sandy soil and a unique micro-climate in the city’s northeast. It is one of the best vegetable-growing regions in the province. | READ MORE