The Veggie City Project is up and running in Kipps Lane and the Northeast. Local community agencies, residents and young people will be working together this summer to develop a unique spin on a "backyard bounty" style of Community Shared Agriculture for London.
Here's how it works:
- Young people learn how to grow, maintain and harvest veggies from local resident mentors.
- Residents provide physical garden space in their backyard and purchase a share of the collective crop of veggies grown in the neighbourhood.
- Resident mentors who may or may not have a backyard share their knowledge and skills as volunteers and receive a share of the harvest.
- Both the young people and the residents share the benefits of organically grown vegetables and environmental sustainability.
- Weekly pickups at the local plaza of the collected harvest build community connections and relationships.
- Opportunities for cooking, canning and celebrating food are embraced as we rediscover our ability to feed ourselves locally.
For more information, inquire about purchasing or participating, or just to follow along this summer link to our blog at
http://londonveggiecity.blogspot.com
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Do you have to live in the Kipps Lane area to participate?
We are trying to keep it as close to Kipps Lane as possible - the plan is for the teams to use bikes and carts to move from backyard to backyard. But if anyone is interested I'd say give us a shout and we'll see if we can work something out.
Trevor: Hi I am writing a piece for OurLondon.ca on Veggiecity. Can you email me or call so we can chat today. Also where exactly is this? I need a picture. Thanks, Paula inkscrblr@rogers.com
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