TRADITIONAL-URBAN FARMING:
Maya Garden at UBC Farm
The garden was established in 2000 as part of the Indigenous Initiative program at the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at the University of British Columbia Farm.
The garden was established in 2000 as part of the Indigenous Initiative Program at the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at the University of British Columbia Farm with the help of M.A. student and Professor Marvin Cohodas.
The garden is 1883 square meters, and located on the unceded ancestral territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam). It is managed by a group of Mayan families who fled Guatemala in the 1980’s due to the military genocide operation that targeted Indigenous communities.
At that time thousands of Mayan families fled to Mexico. A small number were admitted as refugees in B.C. and other provinces in Canada.
The Garden work is supported by long time garden volunteers. Some of the produce is sold at the farm’s market on Saturdays.