British Columbia

Latitude: 
54.00
Longitude: 
-125.00
Region Related Areas: 
North America, Canada
GeoNames ID: 
5 909 050

Seeds of Knowledge: From Back-to-the-Land to Urban Gardening

Janovicek’s article studies the back-to-the-land movement of the 1960s and 1970s. By learning, preserving, and sharing traditional agricultural skills and knowledge, back-to-the-landers contributed to the revitalization of local food economies. The links they made connected them to others in their communities and to other generations of activists.