Update on City Insurance for Community Gardens
Today, the City of Ottawa’s Finance and Corporate Services Committee met to discuss the future of the Community Partners Insurance Program. Community gardens within the Community Gardening Network have been included in this free City-funded insurance program since 2004. Just Food has been working to ensure this critical service continues to be provided long-term as […]
Save the Date: Seedy Saturday 2024
Save the Date for: Ottawa’s Seedy Saturday March 2, 2024 Come one, come all to an Ottawa spring tradition! The Alta Vista Community Association Local Food Committee, a group of community gardenersinterested in food security, is working with Just Food and Seeds of Diversity to host this event in Ottawa for 2024. Where? Emmanuel […]
Local Flavours Holiday Market – THIS weekend!
The Just Food Farm Stand is excited to welcome you back to the annual Local Flavours Holiday Market! We have a fantastic line-up of vendors for our Holiday Market at the Just Food Community Farm in Blackburn Hamlet.And it’s all happening THIS weekend! Food, hot drinks, music, delightful and unique local gifts – brought to you by farmers from the Just Food Farm […]
COG-OSO Eco Farm Day Coordinator Position Filled
Thank you to all who applied and expressed interest in the recent COG-OSO job posting for the Eco Farm Day Coordinator!This position has now been filled. Are you interested in volunteering for Eco Farm Day? Please reach out to Kiana at ecofarmday@cog.ca Thank you!
COG-OSO is hiring Coordinator for Eco Farm Day
Are you passionate about organic agriculture?Do you have experience with in-person event planning?COG-OSO is hiring for a contract position starting ASAP to be filled until March 1st, 2024. This is your chance to combine your event planning skills with your passion for organic agriculture! Click here for full job description and more information If this […]
Connect with food action this World Food Day
Today is World Food Day Today we acknowledge World Food Day, which takes place annually on October 16. World Food Day promotes awareness of hunger and action for the future of food, people, and the planet. What can you do to connect locally with food action? Check out what’s happening in your neighbourhood over at […]
Upcoming Gardening Workshops 2023
Join us for these upcoming gardening workshops! Click here to register All workshops are $10 each, or Pay-What-You-Can (even if that’s $0!). Everyone is welcome to attend! Watch this space: More workshops to come Click on the headings below for more information on each available workshop Canning/Preserving for Beginners (@ Just Food Community Farm, Wed, […]
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. […]
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: 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 […]
