Join CultivateTO at the Regent Park Harvest Festival!

This Saturday, October the 6th, from 11am to 4pm, join Cultivate Toronto and a number of other local organizations and community members for the some harvest fun, international food, dance, health/wellness strategies, garden tours, games, children’s activities, door prizes.

Chris Won will be there with an outreach booth, as well as conducting a demonstration on worm composting – fascinating if a little “icky.”

Funded in part by Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, the Regent Park Multicultural Harvest Festival will focus on providing opportunities for individuals from different cultural backgrounds to come together and explore food, dance, health and wellness strategies and exchange ideas as well as participate in garden tours to see our community’s involvement in urban agriculture. Gardeners from different cultures will talk about the growing cycle and use of produces for different food and health preparations. CSI will provide a seminar on managing finances and starting a small business. Games, children’s activities, door prizes, international free food tasting and more!

Over 20 community agencies and business have been involved in the planning and will be there to join in the fun.

Want to lend a hand? For volunteer information, contact either Karen Boucher at 416.970.9128 or Hosne Ara at 647.702.9991.

Or, for more information contact Honey Crossley at 416.703.7770 ext.516.

Additional info can be found at www.workingskillscentre.com

Elaine and her team of interns with Jessica.

We recently had a special vistor at our Wychwood hub, Jessica Oelschlagel, who came to chat and learn a thing or two about what we do at CultivateTO.

She interviewed our very own Elaine Howarth and our harvesting interns and has written all about it on her blog, REAL Ontario Farmer.

Jessica calls herself a REAL Ontario Farmer Reporter and blogs about groups and individuals with similar interests to those we hold near to us at CultivateTO.

Read the whole article here and learn what our new friend from Real Ontario Farmer has to say about us.

For photos of Jessica’s day with Elaine and friends, visit her Facebook page here.

This Saturday , July the 28th, CultivateTO and friends will be at Summer Jam enjoying the Edible & Musical Community Potluck Picnic with The People’s Peas Garden.

Join us at the NorthWest part of QUEEN’S PARK from 12 to 5pm and celebrate Urban-grown Food.

Check out some of the event details below to see why you don’t want to miss out on all of the fun!

(See a full listing of event details on Facebook here.)

POTLUCK FOOD
-Bring a Potluck Dish or Snack to share made with local Garden-Fresh fare!
-Bring a Reusable Mug, Bowl, & Utensil!

ACOUSTIC MUSICAL PERFORMANCES
-Maria Kasstan
-The Jolly Jive Trio Minus Two
-Laine Raudsepp
-Jacob & The Radicchio-Active Light Energy Band
-Mike Celia - http://on.fb.me/MKExCm

Bring your music-makers to jam along!

HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS & GARDEN TALKS
-Starting a Summer Garden (Li)
-Seed-Saving (Maria)
-Food Policy and the Occupy Movement (Darcy & Katie)
-Garden walks of Dig In! UofT Campus Agriculture food gardens (Clara)
-Garden walk of Kahonitake Kitikan: Native Students’ Association Garden (John)

Also, get exciting information on current projects and campaigns that are making Urban Food Growing a reality, and learn how you can get involved!

Saturday July 21st at Yonge and Dundas Square

We’ll be spreading the word about our program, looking for space to grow next year, and selling Cultivate Toronto shirts and buttons.

Some of the other fun parts of the festival:

• over 100 green vendors
• live music including performances by Karl Wolf, Fefe Dobson, and Suzie McNeil
• kids zone
• bike tune up clinic

We hope to see you there!

See the listing from their site below:

We’re on the hunt for 6 fantastic new council members for the 2012-2013 calendar year!

Available Positions:

TYFPC Vice Chair

IT & Social Media Guru

Operations Lead

Network Committee Member

Advocacy Committee Leads (x2)

Interested candidates should read the above job description(s) the email the Application for Council Membership along with a resume and cover letter to tyouthfpc@gmail.com by midnight on June 21st.

The Toronto Youth Food Policy Council seeks to engage and mobilize youth to create a local, just, and sustainable food system for all.  We do this by community building, raising awareness, and advocating for policy change.

We’re also known for throwing great parties! Wanna help build a local, just, and sustainable food system in Ontario? Join us!

Still have questions? Contact them on their website, or join the conversation @tyfpc on Twitter.

Thank you Sweets from the Earth!

Our official Cultivate Toronto launch party was a resounding success.

A tremendous thank you to everyone who came out to participate in the event on Wednesday night at the CSI Annex building in Toronto. We had a great time celebrating in honour of our 2012 name change, and talking about our future plans for bring fresh, locally grown organic produce to more tables across the city.

Another GIANT thank you to our sponsor, Sweets from the Earth, for plying us with sweet treats all evening long.

We look forward to another great growing season of healthy harvests.

Come see what plans we have in store for the 2012 growing season and meet other supporters.

Join us on Wednesday, May 16th, from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm in the Basement of the CSI Annex (720 Bathurst Street).

RSVP required by Eventbrite

See our Current Positings page if this sounds like you!

NOTE: All applications must be submitted by email with the cover letter and resume combined together as a single Word or PDF document. Please use the title of the position you are applying for as the subject line in your email and mention where you saw the job posting in your cover letter.

Thanks!

Find @cultivatetoronto on Twitter

Join @CultivateTO for a Twitter chat about urban agriculture.

• Wednesday May 2nd 2012
• 9pm EST
• Follow the hashtag #CultivateTO
• We’ve got prizes!

Follow and tweet along while @CultivateTO and our team members chat about growing your own food. All are welcome. Learn new tips, ask questions, and “meet” some fellow urban agriculture champions.

If you’ve never been on a Twitter chat before here are some simple tips to join:

• Use the Twitter.com search option and type in #CultivateTO
• Add a #CultivateTO column on Tweetdeck
• ** Best way: use Tweetchat.com by signing into your Twitter account and type #CultivateTO into the chat box at the top

If you have any questions send them to morgan@cultivatetoronto.com

See you on Wednesday May 2!