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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Greenhouse Training Online Intensive Course 2022
Greenhouse Training with Sophie Clark of Trout Lily Organic Seedlings this year joined by Michaela Cruz of Healing Hands Farm Once again Just Food is bringing you a 2-session intensive workshop for those looking to learn greenhouse production of organic seedlings. These sessions are led by Sophie Clark of Trout Lily Organic Seedlings, and cover topics from […]
Sept 26 | How to Start a Community Garden
Join us on Sept 26 and learn about the steps involved in starting a community garden. How to search for land, what is essential when starting a community garden, the supports that are available, tips for organizing the garden, and much more! The attendance of at least one garden coordinator at a How to Start […]
