In person: Composting at a Community Garden Scale
The Box Of Life is an Ottawa social enterprise that teaches people how to build healthy soil from their food scraps efficiently in small spaces. Creating good quality compost is both an art and a science, and good system and process design go a long way in making composting a seamless part of every garden. […]
Youth Coordinator
Type: Part-Time Contract Anticipated Start Date: Immediate Time Commitment: 25 hours per month Compensation: $26/hour Location: Ottawa, Ontario Just Food, in partnership with the Ottawa Food Policy Council, is looking for an experienced Youth Coordinator to support the development and activities of a new Ottawa Youth Food Policy Council (OYFPC). The purpose of the OYFPC is to create a forum […]
Virtual Workshop: Planning for Permaculture
Plan permaculture into your garden. Join this workshop to explore the relationship between biodiversity, pest management, and permaculture. Bee will introduce permaculture topics and open the floor for questions! Meet the facilitator Brianne Vaillancourt is involved in permaculture and organic food production; emotional intelligence training and conscious community-building; spiritual practice and Whole Yoga. Brianne is […]
Virtual Workshop: Fermenting and Preserves
Fermentation and preserving allow us humans to live according to nature’s cycles. Learn about local food resilience by bringing your garden into your home for the winter. This workshop will be an overview of the many traditional and modern ways of preserving your harvest. Meet the facilitator Brianne Vaillancourt is involved in permaculture and organic […]
‘How to Start a Community Garden’ Workshops
Join us to learn about the steps you need to take to start a community garden in the Ottawa region. Learn everything you need to know to make your community garden a reality, including: Suitable for new gardens, or existing gardens looking to onboard new volunteer coordinators. No experience required – simply your passion for […]
Virtual Workshop: Garden Succession Planning
Succession planting is a food growing technique you can apply to any growing space (pot or plot) to make maximum use of your garden soil and also of the length of the Ottawa growing season. The presentation will answer the question “why plan garden successions”, as well as provide practical advice on what food plants […]
Virtual Workshop: Growing with Culture
Just Food is pleased to bring together a very exciting knowledge sharing workshop on growing with culture. Please join Celeste Smith and Michaela Cruz for a personal and deeply important conversation about connections between culture and growing. Meet the facilitators Celeste Smith (she/her) is Oneida from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. She isa […]
Virtual Workshop: Building soil health and minimum tillage practices
In this workshop, Mat will share some of the Biointensive tools and techniques he uses on his farm. The techniques encourage a thriving ecosystem of bacteria and fungi in the soil which helps to improve fertility and crop health. Meet the facilitator Mat has been farming in Ottawa for the past 5 years, growing a […]
In-person: How to start, grow, and care for strong seedlings!
In partnership with Capital Greens, we’re hosting this workshop where you’ll learn how to get nearly 100% germination, and how to create the ideal conditions for your seedlings to grow into strong, healthy, high-yielding vegetable crops, right in your own home! Come join us in the greenhouse where we will begin our workshop with a […]
Virtual Workshop: How to start, grow, and care for strong seedlings!
In partnership with Capital Greens, we’re hosting this workshop where you’ll learn how to get nearly 100% germination, and how to create the ideal conditions for your seedlings to grow into strong, healthy, high-yielding vegetable crops, right in your own home! Join us online where we will begin our workshop with a ~30 minute “classroom […]
