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Grow food

Grow food

FoodWorkCanada, CA
30+ days ago
Salary
CAD3000–CAD3400 monthly
Job description

GROW FOOD!

1) Learn fruit & veggie gardening...

  • Books : Gardening & Growing Food | Farming & Homesteading | Food & Gardening | Others : Chapters Indigo | Amazon | Reviews : (1) (2) (3) (4)
  • Online articles, tips, how-to's : Google | wikiHow | Wikipedia | YouTube (2) (Especially on YouTube and social media, the info might represent only one person's opinion, who might not share your situation, soil type, or plant hardiness zone.)
  • Where to find local, diverse, resilient seeds : Where to find local seeds in Canada | Canadian Seed Companies | How to Save Seeds (2) (3)

2) Team up!

Local food growing groups & exchanges : Connect with other gardeners and local food groups in your area — this can be a great source of info, inspiration and resources :

  • By location : Ontario | Toronto (2) (3) | Ottawa (2) | Guelph (2) | Vancouver (2) | Victoria (2) (3) | Edmonton (2) (3) | Calgary (2) (3) | Regina (2) (3) | Winnipeg (2) | Montreal (2) (3) (4) (5) | Fredericton | Halifax (2) | St. John's (2) | ACGA (US & Canada)
  • Other cities & towns : Try googling the name of your city or town, plus one of these phrases : "urban agriculture" or "urban farming" or "community gardens" or "permaculture", or more generally, "gardening". For best results, try each phrase, one at a time. Same with facebook groups or Meetups.

    • 3) Get to work...

    From casual to full-time, there are many opportunities to grow food :

  • Work on sustainable / organic farms & gardens :
  • Grow food jobs on FoodWork.ca : FoodWork.ca / GrowLocal
  • Other roles (nonprofits, admin, retail, policy...) FoodWork.ca / Now
  • Why grow organic? | Transition to organic
  • Work on 'conventional' farms / non-organic farm jobs : (across Canada)
  • Farmwork to Feed Canada — farm work jobs : FarmworktoFeedCanada.ca / farmwork /
  • Farm job websites and employee resources : agr.gc.ca / agriculture-jobs
  • Note : 'Conventional' farms sometimes use pesticides, monocultures and other practices that in the long term, may harm health, the environment and sustainability of our food supply. This is not a criticism of these farms or farmers, who are usually doing their best, given a social and economic environment that expects them to minimize expenses ...at any cost. Alternatives : Organic farming | Sustainable agriculture | Agroecology | Regenerative Agriculture | Sustainable food system
  • Start your own local food business :
  • Get some experience from working on a farm or urban agriculture, then decide if you want to start your own.
  • How to start a small business : Entrepreneur.com | GoodWork | WikiHow | More

    • 4) Learn more...

    These organizations have many great resources. Please use them, join them, support them!

  • Community Gardening :

    • Ontario | Toronto (2) | Ottawa | Guelph | Vancouver | Edmonton (2) | Winnipeg | Montreal (2) | Halifax | American Community Gardening Association (includes Canada)

  • Horticulture, Gardening and Community Gardening Clubs : Google "community gardening", "urban agriculture" or "horticulture association", plus the name of your municipality. Some horticulture associations are focused on ornamental / flower gardens, while others are much more into local food.
  • Choose Canada Organic
  • Organic Consumers Association (USA & Canada)
  • Canadian Organic Growers
  • Certified Organic Associations of BC
  • Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network (ACORN)
  • Canada Organic Trade Association
  • Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario
  • Regeneration Canada
  • National Farmers Union
  • Small Farm Canada
  • FarmFolk CityFolk (Vancouver)
  • Seeds of Diversity | How to Save Seeds | more
  • SeedChange (formerly USC Canada)
  • Pesticide Action Network
  • Canadian Biotechnology Action Network
  • Community Food Centres Canada
  • Food Secure Canada
  • Centre for Studies in Food Security (Toronto)
  • BC Food Systems Network
  • FoodShare (Toronto)
  • Just Food (Ottawa)
  • Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada
  • Faculty of Land and Food Systems (UBC)

    • Have we missed your organization? Let us know!

    Wikipedia : organic gardening, community gardening, allotment gardens, urban agriculture, food security, local food