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Share in the Bounty: FoodCycles Harvest Shares

(Photos via Sunny Lam)

QUICK SUMMARY

"FoodCycles is giving special "harvest shares" with no time limit guaranteed. Your money will
a) support a local city farm not for profit,
b) build the way for more local jobs through food,
c) get you local, chemical free organic food and compost with an extra 20% bonus (30% if you're on FoodCycles mailing list or Facebook group),
d) teach people how to grow good soil and food and
e… Continue

Added by Sunny Lam on October 1, 2009 at 9:20pm — No Comments

Throw a Local Food Party within 30 km.

FoodCycles prepares coleslaw, kale salad, the veggies platters, roasted vegetables and pumpkin and cornbread for the Friday, Oct 2 launch party using vegetables grown right in Parc Downsview Park at FoodCycles city farm (http://foodcycles.org). SEE THE VIDEO and the full post at FoodCycles.org. Continue

Added by Sunny Lam on October 1, 2009 at 5:41pm — No Comments

Call 4 People: Gardener Interviews in Toronto!

(Photo via SCU) FoodCycles, a Toronto urban farm, would like to conduct interviews of home gardeners and community gardeners in Toronto.
The goal of the the face-t… Continue

Added by Sunny Lam on July 23, 2009 at 12:14pm — No Comments

Building Worm Bins Brews Good Soil [Work Event #1]

The prototype worm bin made of spruce. The modular unit will have 4 of these made with fir plus the growing tables over it. It'll be elevated too. (Photo via Sunny Lam) Want to gain some hands on construction experience? Do you enjoy using hammers, nails or handling wood? Do you want to lear… Continue

Added by Sunny Lam on July 19, 2009 at 3:00am — No Comments

Spicy Dill Cornbread with Garlic Scapes and Red Onion (vegetarian/vegan)

(Photo via Sunny Lam) This hearty corn bread packs a powerful punch with organic spices like pepper and fresh, local organic garlic scapes. If you're baking for non spice lovers and the scapes and red onion will more than make up for it. I baked the first one for FoodCycles volunteers in July 2009 a… Continue

Added by Sunny Lam on July 11, 2009 at 11:54am — No Comments

City Farm Hands - FoodCycles, Toronto, ON, ft/pt [Volunteer Job]

City Farm Hands - FoodCycles, Toronto, ON, ft/pt

From Breaking

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Added by Sunny Lam on July 11, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Breaking Ground: 2nd Farm Work Gig Revs Up

Looking for some exercise and stress relief? Need something extra to do while vacationing close to home? Or looking to kill time between gigs? Well there's plenty to do right here at the FoodCycles farm (map http://bit.ly/ATb3G and directions http://bit.ly/YDDfp). See the rest of the post at FoodCycles.org. Continue

Added by Sunny Lam on July 3, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Plant the Hot Stuff: FoodCycles Seeds the Field

FoodCycles outdoor crop field is a few hundred feet away from the corner of Keele and Sheppard (Photo Via Sunny Lam, FoodCycles)

Summary

What: FoodCycles First City Farm Work Bee
Why: Set up, stake out the beds; setup the trellis' and she… Continue

Added by Sunny Lam on June 14, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

2 Vital Meetings on Toronto City Farming!

Allotment gardens near Thorncliffe Park (Photo via Toronto Tower Renewal) Joe Nasr, food security professor and an executive member of MetroAg gives us the heads up on 2 very important meetings on establishing urban agriculture in Toront… Continue

Added by Sunny Lam on June 14, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Lima City Agriculture Beats Adversity: Film

The Paradigm Shift Project is holding their first slideshow-documentary "From the Earth to the Pot: Urban Agriculture & Food Security in Lima, Peru" on Tuesday, May 26 at 7:10pm at Mountain Equipment Co-op in… Continue

Added by Sunny Lam on May 25, 2009 at 3:25pm — 1 Comment

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