Congratulations! We did it!

Young Urban Farmers CSA has been chosen as one of the top 10 winners of the Climate Spark Ignite challenge.

They wrote to tell us that their community and experts have seen the potential in the proposal we submitted, and made it through the first part. Hooray!

Thanks to everyone who voted for us, we are now able to take it to the next level – accelerate!

As one of 10 finalists, we will now meet face-to-face with expert advisers who will help us improve our proposal and strengthen our concepts.

It’s going to be an intensive cram session in venture planning, so we’re a tiny bit nervous, but it will help us to cover all the bases of a good business plan before taking our proposal to the final pitch session.

So send us all of your positive vibes and we’ll be sure to let you know how it goes.

Thank you from all of us at YUFCSA!

Cape Town Urban Food Security Lessons

The Rooftops Canada Foundation, in collaboration with Ryerson University Centre for Studies & Food Security and Toronto Food Strategy (City of Toronto – Public Health), are hosting a presentation and discussion on Urban Food Security Lessons from Cape Town, South Africa.

Our very own Chris Wong will be talking about the urban agriculture movement and how YUFCSA is working, and talking about the importance of locally grow fare to fighting the battle to become a healthier cosily.

This discussion will be held on Friday, November 18, 2011 from 12:30 to 2:30 PM at the Oakham House, 63 Gould Street, Room on the Ryerson University, Toronto, campus.

Check out the poster for more details, or visit for more info!

We won! Well, almost…

Thank you to everyone who voted for us for the first round of the Climate Spark Social Venture Challenge!

After the first round of judging, we were sitting pretty in . And after re-submitting our application, with a few careful tweaks, we have made it to round two!

If we win this one, we’ll have the fantastic opportunity to get some FREE professional consulting advice on how to improve YUFCSA!

However, we still need your help from you, our supporters, to visit and register to vote for us one more time.  Voting is open until November 15th.

Thank you for your continued support of YUFCSA, and cross your fingers for us to win the Climate Spark Social Venture Challenge.