UBC (University of British Columbia) farm is 3 miles, a 45 minute walk, from the nearest busy shopping street. The best way to get a sense of it is to enter 'ubc farm' in Google Maps or Google Earth.
When I was a kid and much more recently than that the farm was a going concern which, among other things, ran a dairy herd. Visit the website for lots of info on the farm and the threat of development.
I'm not like some who think all developers are evil, greedy, short-sighted, look out for #1, black- hearted, snakes in the grass. No siree Bob. But I think most of them are.
Anyone who thinks we can continually wipe out fertile crop land and not have a day of reckoning is beneath contempt. Since the last time I was here, a couple of years ago, the area just outside the farm has gone from trees, grass and blackberry bushes to condos.
I'll get off my soapbox and lighten up now, for a while.
