Original medals, pins, ribbons, and handbill; and digital reproductions from original items. City of Toronto, Culture Division, Becker Tray #21
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A collection of items related to World War One home gardens. Including a Toronto Horticultural Society medal (1915), Farm Service Corps lapel pins, Canadian Food Board pin, Ontario School fair prize ribbons, and Ontario Department of Education special regulation (1917). Tray is marked with small square labels “#21″ in black ink and “WWI Home Gardens” in blue ink.

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There are about 1,000 boxes sitting on a previously empty lot in this center city location and on a rooftop nearby.

Excerpt from:
Farm fresh, in the city
by Jennifer Weiss/The Star-Ledger
Wednesday October 08, 2008

“We put EarthBoxes up there, and I couldn’t believe how well the plants grew,” Haberthur said. “It was like I had a green thumb.”

Taylor found out about the 29-inch-long containers at a Whole Foods store. EarthBox says they can produce double yields, using less water and fertilizer than conventional gardening. Taylor bought 500 of them at a wholesale rate of $13 each, and he said EarthBox donated 500 more. Gibbons, the lead investor, contributed $20,000 and said about half that was spent on the containers and soil.

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