Welcome to Just Food!

Just Food is a local, non-profit, community-based organization that works on both rural and urban food and farming issues in Ottawa and the surrounding region

 

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Join us for SeedLing Saturday! – May 10th, 2025

Mark your calendars! Join us on Saturday, May 10th from 10:00AM – 1:00PM at the Just Food Community Farm for SeedLing Saturday, our much-loved annual event where farmers, gardeners, and community members gather to celebrate the joys of spring and kick off the growing season

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We’re Hiring!

Are you passionate about transforming local food and farming systems and want to apply your skills to this work? Stay tuned for more opportunities to join our team!

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Residential Boulevard Bylaw Updates coming March 27th

City Staff are presenting proposed updates to the Use and Care of Roads Bylaw at this coming Thursday’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee Meeting to address growing food in the residential boulevard. In preparation for this meeting, Peoples Official Plan Plant Strategy Working Group met

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Call for your feedback on proposed changes to bylaws

The City of Ottawa is updating a bylaw that will affect how you can grow food in your residential boulevard (the front of your front yard). The proposed changes are: Removing the existing prohibition on growing food in the residential boulevard Allowing moveable containers within

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