2 Vital Meetings on Toronto City Farming!

14Jun09

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 Toronto. Please forward to everyone you know who’s part of the movement (friends, family, allies, partners, interested parties)!

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Restaurant opens 2,500-square foot Organic Rooftop Farm – first to be Certified Organic in the USA — City Farmer News

02Jan09

An uplifting aspiration – Uncommon Ground has reached new heights in its efforts to bring food production back to earth. Restaurant opens 2,500-square foot Organic Rooftop Farm – first to be Certified Organic in the USA — City Farmer News: “In late July the folks at the Uncommon Ground restaurant, 1401 W. Devon, opened their 2,500-square foot organic rooftop farm. The lofty mission is to deliver organic produce for the downstairs restaurant and to use the garden to teach adult volunteers and children how to grow food organically in an urban, roof-top environment

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Tags: certified organic, farm, green living, green rooftop, local, organic, restaurant, rooftop