Foodshed Project

The is an initiative by Sudbury’s volunteer-led Community Garden Network. This collective includes representatives from a number of community gardens who share ideas, opportunities, resources and best practices. A small, dedicated team developed a school based ‘seed to plate’ program for schools under the title “Cultivate Your Neighbourhood’ and demand for this program has outgrown available resources. In 2017, with one time funding from the Healthy Kids Community Challenge, over 1,500 children age 0-12 participated in the Cultivate Your Neighbourhood program growing tomatoes, beans and cucumbers for their own gardens or their local community gardens. When the produce is ready, they celebrate their efforts by making a harvest lunch in their classrooms. The Foodshed Project also focusses efforts on engaging 12-18 year old youth in economically challenging neighbourhoods and is planning garden/food production programs for 2018.