Food
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UrbSanity: Market Local
Historically markets have played an important role in cities and were often the heartbeat of the community. For many people they were, and continue to be...
By Spacing -
Image of the Moment: Ottawa’s biodome’s first winter
Image: Ottawa’s first biodome’s first winter Location: Brewer Park, Ottawa, Canada Date of photo: December 16, 2014 Photographer: Kristen...
By Spacing -
Image of the Moment: Ottawa Farmers’ Market returns to Lansdowne
Image: The Ottawa Farmers’ Market returns to Lansdowne Location: Aberdeen Pavilion, Lansdowne Park, Ottawa, Canada Date of photo: December 7, 2014...
By Spacing -
Communities that grow together: Ottawa’s Community Gardens
Across the city the care-free days of summer are swiftly changing into the shorter, cooler days of autumn. While saying goodbye to summer in our Canadian...
By Spacing -
Image of the Moment: The beginnings of Fall in the Nation’s Capital
Image: The beginnings of Fall in the Nation’s Capital Location: Looking East from Prince of Wales Drive, across the Central Experimental...
By Spacing -
An interview with Martin Buffam, designer of Ottawa’s first Biodome Garden
With the recent opening of the first biodome garden in Ottawa, Spacing Ottawa had the opportunity to speak with the designer of the dome structure, Martin...
By Kristen Gagnon -
Image of the Moment: Mayflower No More
A fixture of the Elgin Street food and drink landscape for over 35 years, the Mayflower Restaurant and Pub ended its days in October of 2013. It will be...
By Dwight Williams -
Ottawa food truck roundup
Image: Stone Soup Foodworks While you may be tempted to grab some tradition street meat at the corner of Sparks and Bank (my preferred hot dog vendor of...
By Kristen Gagnon -
Chickens in the city: America’s urban farming innovations
In America, several key innovations are making urban farming a sustainable method of food production. Rooftops, window sills and backyards are...
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Food culture in Addis and Ottawa: Who is looking up to who?
Editor’s note: In keeping with this week’s theme, Spacing Ottawa contributor Kathleen Courtney has sent us this post on the topic of urban...
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Next City Café: The Future of Food
_____ Everyone eats. What we eat, how we get it, the cost of our food and where it comes from are questions for everyone. How do we plan our city with...
By Allegra Newman -
Food is a city space issue
Two food-related stories have been making the rounds in Ottawa this spring. First is the great patio debate: how much should businesses pay for the right...
By Emily Sinclair