Urban Agriculture at the Stop Food Community Centre in Toronto

Rhonda Teitel-Payne is a Green Hero

By Rhonda Teitel-Payne
Manager of urban agriculture at Stop Community Food Centre
Green Heroes
Sept. 4, 2010

Excerpt:

Knowing that there is nowhere near enough greenhouse space in the city to meet the demand for seedling production, The Stop built a 3,000 square foot greenhouse known as the Green Barn at St. Clair and Christie. The greenhouse keeps us growing organic produce year-round, and also allows us to start long-season seedlings such as tomatoes and peppers to share with community gardens across the city.

Our most recent project at the Green Barn is the Global Roots Garden, which demonstrates food grown by seven different cultural communities. This highlights the contributions of immigrant urban farmers to our city while demonstrating that some foods do not need to be imported from far away, with the resulting environmental impacts. We are increasing the amount of local land available for urban farming through our YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard) project, which connects gardeners looking for room to grow with people with under-used yard space.

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