Programs

AFIWI Community Food and Growers Initiative

An older man, a young girl, and a woman harvesting vegetables together in a Toronto community garden

The AFIWI Community Food and Growers Initiative connects practical food-growing skills with cultural knowledge, community learning, and food wellbeing. Activities help participants understand how food is grown, develop useful skills, and build stronger relationships with land, food, and one another.

Program streams

  • Community garden learning
  • Growing food for households and community use
  • Youth food-based education
  • Black grower learning and peer networks
  • Cultural food and seed knowledge
  • Harvesting, food preservation, and safe handling workshops
  • Agricultural career and enterprise exposure
  • Community meals and markets, when capacity permits

Who it is for

Toronto and GTA residents interested in food growing, cultural food knowledge, community wellbeing, and practical learning. Program eligibility and dates will be published when confirmed.

We would be pleased to hear from you.

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