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There are a few spots left, but fair warning, registration closes shortly on this virtual community consultation process to support the design of a healing garden that considers truth and reconciliation, as well as health and wellness. There's an Indigenous group consultation meeting, then a non-Indigenous group consultation meeting, followed by a mixed meeting. Register here: https://events.blackthorn.io/en/46qc7f6/g/vr2Hzam8S1

Join us for an exciting workshop where Chef Johl Whiteduck shares insights on Indigenous agro-ecology with examples from garden projects around the GTA. Throug...h Miinikaan Innovation & Design he has helped create Indigenous teaching gardens that invite curiosity and demonstrate Indigenous Agroecology, even in the smallest of urban spaces. Miinikaan cultivates relationships between people and plants, and practices gardening techniques to improve the soil and local ecosystem. Johl brings his perspective on reclaiming and relearning Indigenous knowledge about the plant medicines. Date: Tuesday, March 23 Time: 1:00PM- 2:00PM Registration: https://bit.ly/3uuegEJ See more

Apply for financial and supply support for your 2021 community garden from FoodShare! https://bit.ly/38KELMK

Ecosource is seeking an Urban Agriculture Coordinator and a Community Gardens Education Coordinator: https://ecosource.ca/employment/

Grateful to be partnered with The Daniels Corporation who is taking leadership to create inclusive work places within the construction sector. Together, we can end all forms of oppression. #BLM #endoppression

Wayne Roberts' celebration of life will be live streamed this afternoon at 2pm today. He was much loved, will be dearly missed, and long remembered for his many contributions to the healthy local food community.

Check out this great-looking workshop on a topic that sometimes really needs collective willingness-to-meet, problem solving and skills. Thanks GreenThumb for hosting!

Sundaura Alford-Purvis is offering a Horticulture in Cultivating Social and Land Equity series through Society for Organic Landcare (SOUL). Here's the scoop!

I hope you can make it to the BCCF Harvest Festival on Sunday, September 20! We'll be launching the new BCCF film https://earthtotables.org/essays/black-creek-c...ommunity-farm/ Join us for a fun day of activities where we will be planting trees, making art, harvesting, eating together, and screening short films outside. Registration required due to COVID-19 limitations : http://bccfharvest2020.eventbrite.ca/ In collaboration with the Sweet Grass Roots Collective and Earth to Tables Legacies, we will be sharing stories of food justice and food sovereignty. Over the summer, our Three Sisters Medicine Garden have been growing Mandaamin (corn), okosimaan (squash), and mashkodesimin (beans) which we will be harvesting together. In addition, there’s opportunities to plant trees and make art throughout the day. Festival Agenda 12:00-3:00 pm Tree planting and giveaway 3:00 - 5:00 pm Art making and Indigenous earth work with Sweetgrass Collective 5:00 - 8:00 pm Feast and BCCF Film Launch with Earth to Tables Legacies Due to COVID-19 public health measures, we are only able to host a maximum of 50 people on site. Please pre-register for one or all of the following time slots. If you are added to a waiting list, we will update you prior to the event when a spot opens up. For those of us unable to join us in person, we will be live streaming certain parts of our festival activities on our social media (Facebook, Instagram).

Happy Urban Agriculture week Toronto! To help celebrate, Natalie Boustead of FoodShare is hosting a free workshop on No Till Gardening tips, tricks and tools this Thursday September 17th from 3-4pm. Click the link below to register and receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link... https://forms.gle/4JHbGCnEGC8p7TcN9

Feeding the City, Pandemic and Beyond: Urban Agriculture, School and Community Food Programs Wed. Sept. 16, 2020 11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. EDT (UTC -4:00) How have individuals’ and families’ food-related activities changed as a result of COVID-19, particularly in light of school closures and rising food insecurity? How can urban growing and government- and community-level initiatives help build a resilient food system? Join the Feeding the City team from Tkaronto (Toronto) as... we hear from three experts on these questions: Rhonda Teitel-Payne, Co-coordinator of Toronto Urban Growers (TUG). Debbie Field, Coordinator of the Coalition for Healthy School Food and Associate Member, Centre for Studies in Food Security, at Ryerson University. Utcha Sawyers, Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Club of East Scarborough. Moderated by Jayeeta (Jo) Sharma and Sarah Elton. Supported by the Culinaria Research Centre, University of Toronto Scarborough www.FeedingCity.org | Register here.

Deadline has been extended to Monday!