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Projects and Initiatives
Just Food is always developing new food-related projects and initiatives.
Development of a Buy Local
Campaign
Visit our Ottawa Buy Local Guide map for an interactive
look at where food is grown locally around Ottawa. View our
"Harvest Chart" to see when certain fruits and vegetables
are in season. Also check out our A-to-Z listing of all local
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Community Garden Network of Ottawa is an information and resource-sharing network that supports the sustainable development of community gardens within the city. |
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View, print, and post around your neighbourhood, our newly
featured "Plant a Row,
Grow a Row, Donate a Row!" flyer in .pdf.
Your Green Thumb is Part of a Helping Hand for Ottawa's Poorest.
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Students for
Farming
The Students for Farming project makes farms accessible to
school groups. We organize with farmers to host students for
a half-day on the farm in the spring and/or the fall. Through
this program the youth participate in curriculum-linked programming,
farm gleaning, and service projects on the farm.
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Food Preservation Workshops
Every fall, locations throughout the City, Just Food organizes food preservation workshops, including information on canning, freezing, drying, storage).
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Food
Link Directory
This directory of Ottawa-area food and nutrition programs
and services in Ottawa, produced collaboratively by Just Food
and the City of Ottawa, helps increase access to healthy food,
especially for those experiencing food insecurity.
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Community Shared
Agriculture
Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) is an approach to growing
and purchasing food products in which the farmer and consumer
are working cooperatively.In a CSA, the farmer grows food
for a predetermined group of consumers. The consumer enters
into an agreement of purchase with the grower prior to the
start of the season. The farmer gains a guaranteed market;
the consumer gains high quality, fresh food, as it becomes
available.
In progress: Winter workshops for farmers and future farmers.
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