Lettuce has been seeded

Today Lorna and Stephanie seeded a couple rows of lettuce. They may seed more tomorrow, if the rain holds off!

The Stop Community Food Centre - Toronto ON

This is a very inspiring project from Toronto -

Mission

The Stop strives to increase access to healthy food in a manner that maintains dignity, builds community and challenges inequality.

What We Do

The Stop has two locations: at our main office at 1884 Davenport Road we provide frontline services to our community, including a drop-in, food bank, perinatal program, community action program, bake ovens and markets, community cooking, community advocacy, sustainable food systems education and urban agriculture. The Stop’s Green Barn, located in the Wychood Barns at 601 Christie Street, is a sustainable food production and education centre which houses a state-of-the-art greenhouse, food systems education programs, a sheltered garden, our Global Roots Garden, community bake oven and compost demonstration centre.

Take a look at their website.

Tomato Plant Project Update

On Tuesday, several volunteers met to transplant the 135 tomato plants to their pots. These tomato plants will be donated to the Food Bank to distribute to clients - including participants in the Young Chefs Program. With in a couple weeks, these plants will be turned over to the Food Bank.

Garden plan for 2011

3 May 2011 update

It seems like spring has finally arrived in Southern Alberta. Meanwhile, our volunteers have been busy starting seedlings in the greenhouse - tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, okra, marigolds.

Hybrid tomatoes for the Tomato Plant Project

Okra seedling

Be prepared in the next couple weeks for transplanting our Tomato Plant Project patio tomatoes into larger pots.


Our garden spot looks great - Dave has been overseeing the amendment of the soil over the winter. He plans on discing and plowing the garden this weekend. Planting can be started after that! It's likely the Carrot, Lettuce and Pea Teams will hear about seeding in the next couple weeks.

Garden with compost and recycled peat moss