Get Involved!

YUFCSA presents a fantastic opportunity for you to learn more about fundraising for non-profits, in particular how YUFCSA works, and to help be a part of establishing a lasting connection between Torontonians and fresh, locally grown food.

We’re looking for two or three people to join our working group from now until the December holidays, to create an action plan for our programs going forward. The ideal candidates should have prior knowledge of what YUFCSA is all about.

The workload will require about 4 to 6 hours per week, and you’ll need to be available to attend a couple of in-person planning meetings.

This working group will be based on what’s called the, “Benevon model.” So, it’s recommended that you watch the 17-minute video to learn more about their system, as this will help shape the direction of our work. Check out the video

To apply, please email . We look forward to hearing from you!

Fall Garden Update

Thanks to an outstanding effort from our staff and volunteers, the garlic is finally in!

Last weekend, there was a major garden hoe-down at the Wychwood and Riverdale hubs and we achieved a big step for end-od-season cleaning, and a giant step 2012 season preparation.

With a few pairs of helping hands, we got nearly 500 cloves planted snuggly into the ground. Spread across a number of beds, the garlic is now ready to start growing roots, ready for the next growing season. In order to ensure the little cloves had a healthy chance of survival, we cut up the old garden waste and laid that on top of the garlic beds as a blanket to keep them warm.

For you garlic home-growers, feel free to use those pesky leaves that keep falling onto your freshly raked lawn. Just mulch them up and spread them over your garlic beds. A word of caution, however, be sure that you don’t spread the leaf mulch too thick, or you’ll have a papier mache wall between your growing garlic and the sun!

Learn more about garlic

Composter and Cold Frame Building Event

This Saturday October 8th, YUF CSA is going to be spending the morning building composters and cold frames. Thanks to the generous funding from , we’re planning on building 5 composters and 5 cold frames for some of our various garden sites.

Details are still being finalized, but if you’d like to participate and join us in the gardens before the season is over, please email for more details. We are also looking for tools like cordless drills and screwdrivers to help make our event more streamlined and organized.

If you have tools, materials, or other skills/expertise to donate for our event, please contact for more details.

See you in the gardens!