Indian Residential School Survivors and Family Hotline: 1-866-925-4419 Crisis Services Canada: 1-833-456-4566 or text 45645 Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line: 1-855-242-3310 Native Youth Crisis Hotline: 1-877-209-1266

Another great blog about Flemo Farm - thanks Arshi Ali!

Sept 11-19 is the 3rd annual TO #UrbanAgricultureWeek! Celebrate food grown in #Toronto & the people who grow it: festivities include garden tours galore, great workshops & harvest parties across #Toronto: find 1 in your 'hood! uaweekto.wordpress.com (1/x) #GrowTO #iGrowTO

Volunteers began transforming a derelict lot into an urban farm after a local developer, Republic Developments, lent the organization the unused land, until a proposed development known as Scarborough Junction begins in a few years. ow.ly/ta7A50G7Nxi

How have community orgs responded to the pandemic and how has the City of Toronto supported community-based efforts? How do we collectively move forward to a more equitable and just food secure future? Register now for this event Oct 14! eventbrite.ca/e/centering-co…

“And when I am asked what does reconciliation mean to me I will say I want their lives back I want them to live, to soar I want to hear their laughter See their smiles Give me that And I’ll grant you reconciliation” -- Chief Laforme's poem, Reconciliation #EveryChildMatters 🧡

In March 2020, Food Secure Canada reported that one in eight Canadians were food insecure, while Indigenous households experienced #foodinsecurity two or three times higher than the national average Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre ow.ly/fTOO50GBjTo

The BC Chapter of the Coalition is looking for an Indigenous Lead who will ensure that diverse voices of Indigenous peoples across British Columbia are embedded in our work to inform the development of a Universal, #SchoolFoodProgram for Canada. JD: bit.ly/BC_Chapter_Ind…

Sharene Shafie and Ines Lacarne from the Ryerson Urban Farm will be speaking at the CitiesAlive conference on November 9th! Register today and get 25% off using the code CAPartner2021 #RooftopFarming #UrbanAgriculture

Lots of new content and good news to share this fall! 🤗 Read about the work being done across the country during COVID; 🇨🇦's progress toward meeting the SDGs; and updates on the new gov & advocacy opportunities! 👇👇 bit.ly/Nov2021-FSC

Our 2012 report was the first to document the disproportionate rate of #FoodInsecurity among Black Canadians. Our new research with FoodShare highlights ways #racism shapes this disparity & importance of discussing race in public policy. Healthy Debate healthydebate.ca/2021/10/topic/…

The EFAO's Virtual Conference starts on November 29th!

Toronto's Net Zero 2040 Report goes to Council on Dec 15. The City is working on action items for reducing carbon emissions and fighting climate change, but food and urban agriculture are largely missing from the solutions. Tell council food is important! torontourbangrowers.org/news/let-get-f…

(1/4) Did you know that today, December 16, 2021, marks the first time that a commitment to developing a School Food Program for Canada appears in two mandate letters, one to Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and one to Minister Karina Gould ⁉️

📢 CALL FOR ARTISTS 📢 We're looking for 3 artists to produce original artwork for an event next year around the theme 'food is a right'. Artists will be paid $1000 each Deadline for submissions: Jan 30, 2022 See all the details of the RFP at foodshare.net/request-for-pr…

The Canada Organic Trade Association is hosting its annual conference from Jan 17-21. This year's event looks at the need for food systems transformation and how organic helps confront many of these areas where change is needed. #OrganicSummit2022 eventbrite.ca/e/organic-summ…

Urban Hens TO pilot project is wrapping up in March. You can speak up for chickens by February 11! bit.ly/3qTzYCp

Hey #Toronto, complete the #CityofTO's #UrbanHensTO survey by Feb 11: ✳️see TorontoUrbanGrowers for insights on things to consider including mentions for➡️ torontourbangrowers.org/news/keep-on-c… 🙌🐤🐔🥚🍳 & the discussion thread abt it @ Grow Food Toronto grp on FB ➡️ facebook.com/groups/GrowFoo… 👏

Write #TOcouncil today before the vote this wk so they hear residents want #UrbanHensTO city-wide. TL;DR 🔗: ▶️ TorontoUrbanGrowers ➡ torontourbangrowers.org/news/keep-on-c… & ▶️ #CityofTO ➡ app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgen… ✳️ Tips to help type a ltr ➡ facebook.com/0wasteTO/posts… #local 🙌 #foodsecurity 🍳👏

Toronto City Council meets TOMORROW to vote on a new Food Charter. Help us make noise for our #RightToFood! Use our email tool to contact city reps & ask for their support. Then share the tool with at least 2 friends so our message is as loud as possible. foodshare.net/righttofood