We’re Hiring a Summer Student! Just Food Farm Site Developer
Just Food Farm Site Developer Hours: 31.5 hrs/week position for 8 weeks, July 3-August 24, 2018. Compensation: $15/hour + 4% vacation pay Eligibility Requirements: Applicants MUST: be under 30 years of age at the start of the employment have been registered as full-time students in the previous academic year intend to return to school on […]
Summer Student Opportunity: Agritourism Animator *Deadline to Apply May 29*
Agri-Tourism Animator Instructions: Please send your resumé and cover letter within one attached document to info@justfood.ca by May 29that 5:00 pm. – Resumés will be reviewed as they come in and we will schedule interviews and hire as soon as we have a successful candidate. – Your email must have the subject line “Summer Student Hiring” […]
Natural Pest Control Workshop – June 13
When: June 13 7:00 – 9:00 Where: Plant Recreation Centre, 930 Somerset Street West Cost: $10.00 or pay what you can This workshop will help the organic gardener manage those pesky pests that tend to take up so much our summer! Some of this workshop instructs on removing pests from the garden, but it is primarily […]
APRIL 29: POSTPONED CELEBRATION, Répair Café still on
POSTPONED CELEBRATION, Répair Café still on Folks – there is too much rain and cold to celebrate 15 years of Just Food work and partnerships this Sunday. Given we will have events at the Just Food Farm many Wednesday evenings and Sundays afternoons ALL growing season, we want to celebrate with you on a warmer, drier day than this […]
We’re Hiring! Three Summer Student Positions!
For more information about Just Food, please see www.justfood.ca TO APPLY: All of the following must be met: – Please send your resumé and cover letter within one attached document to info@justfood.ca by May 8that 5:00 pm. – For Position A, Just Food Farm Site Developer, resumés will be reviewed as they come in and we […]
Powering ethical agriculture with the sun
In the Alternatives Journal, Gideon Forman explores the use of solar power at The Just Food Farm. Click here to read the article! “Just Food is intriguing not only for its status as a rural-urban hybrid. It also boasts an unusual electricity source: a 10-kilowatt photovoltaic array launched in October 2017 with the financial assistance of […]
Start-Up Food Processor Training *SOLD OUT*
This event is sold out, but don’t despair we are holding this training again. If you wish to do this training, please leave contact info with Talia Klein at info@justfood.ca to be contacted for next course. For more immediate assistance with food start-ups, please contact Moe Garahan at Moe@justfood.ca about customized assistance through Ottawa Kitchen […]
CGN blog: Bayshore Park Community Garden & Oven
This is the eighth piece in an ongoing CGN’s blog. This blog will be filled with snapshots of the network, garden activities, garden profiles, coordinator profiles & more! This post is about Bayshore Park Community Garden & Oven, you heard me, Ottawa’s first and only outdoor community oven. The post is written by Nancy Moir […]
CGN blog: Centretown United Community Garden
This is the seventh piece in an ongoing CGN’s blog. This blog will be filled with snapshots of the network, garden activities, garden profiles, coordinator profiles & more! This post is about Centretown United Community Garden, which grows produce for the Centre 507 downtown drop-in centre. The post is written by Linda Pollock.
Just Food March Newsletter
March 2018 Newsletter Food News and Events in the Ottawa Region Just Food News and Events 1. March 1 |The Great Big Crunch 2. March 12, 19, 29 | 10 Metre Diet – Backyard Food Production 3. March 13 | Permaculture Workshop 4. Starting March 21 | Red Barn Workshop Series – March 21 | First Red Barn Potluck – March […]
