The Vision

One CSF member is also an executive member of the Young Urban Farmers. Yesterday, she went to a 2011 planning retreat for the group. The energy was striking around in hot bolts, like a veritable brain storm. This fervor comes from the many successes YUF had this growing season. With good reason, the plume feathers are out and a'ruffled. Tiny successes (from every sprout of Italian broccoli to every leaf of Bambino lettuce in every backyard), to media attention (from The CBC to The Globe and Mail and... back to The CBC again), to unexpected collaborations all over the map. The network is strengthening and deepening like moist dirt.

During our storm, some major lightning (ideas) flashed, and, seconds later, thunder (goals) struck. Words like 'inter-cropping,' 'nutrient-cycling,' and 'well-rotted manure' got tossed around as if by Jupiter himself. Yeehaw!

CSF draws much inspiration and skills and ideas from YUF, and hopes to bring it with just as much hot-wire energy to the High Park/Junction neighbourhood.

This is the flava of our project:

City Seed Farms - Bringing It to the Table

The Vision
To provide a food source to our community by our community, here in the High Park/Junction neighbourhood
To expand the urban food shed in Toronto
To bring unconventional farming to the convention, one backyard at a time

The Mission

To employ organic (non-certified) farming methods

To use carbon-neutral transportation – we will be delivering all food by bicycle

To plant heritage seed varieties adapted to Toronto’s unique climate