Ironically noone knew that the change from organic agriculture would help  speed up the climate change process.

In 1956 Richmond zoned half of its farmland, about 12,000 acres, from agriculture to  urban. They were mostly small farms producing most of our vegetables and small fruit. The land was a patchwork of  many different crops grown in rotation. No monocultures, no major need for pesticides and chemical fertilizers.

Only two small farms are left from 12,000 acres, Cherry Land Farm and us. Land outside the dyke was also threatened .In the winter of 1968 Imperial Oil surveyed over 100 acres of Agriculturally zoned land outside the dyke. They intended to close IOCO in Burrard inlet and build a supertanker port at the mouth of the Fraser River at Steveston, Garry Point.

In the 1960’s WAC Bennett expropriated 1,000 acres of farmland in Delta to establish the Roberts Bank Superport.

In 1968 a massive industrial development plan for the Fraser River was unveiled. Our South-western Shores converted vast foreshore mudflats and thousands of acres of farmland along the Fraser River to Industrial. Western Realty had 400 acres at Terra Nova in Richmond and buying 1,000 acres of “unzsoned” farmland in Delta.

Originally the longest Public Hearing in Canadian History. Organic, manures and compost. Salmon spawning stream daylighted

The only reason to use GMO’s is for herbicide and pesticide use. With pesticides banned in Richmond there is no use for GMO’s but GMO’s are banned as well. The resulting compost from yard waste and food waste is so clean that tests indicate that it is acceptable for use on organic farms and gardens.