Growing Good Food Ideas Spotlight: The Living City
Posted: May 27, 2013
Categories: Growing Good Food Ideas
Powerline Films has been traveling across Ontario gathering stories of people and places that are transforming the future of food. Created in partnership with Sustain Ontario and more than a dozen partners, these videos shine light on good food ideas from many regions of our province.
At the beginning of each week, we put one of the videos in the spotlight so you can feast your eyes on the good food ideas developing across the province. This week’s video comes from the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. Watch the rest of the videos on ontariofoodvideos.ca.
The Living City is Toronto and Region Conservation Authority’s (TRCA) vision for a Toronto region comprised of sustainable communities, regional biodiversity, healthy rivers and shorelines, and business excellence. Farmers have played a major role in realizing these goals with the help of TRCA, which has leased 142 acres of land to 26 new farmers within Toronto. By producing nourishing foods that are sold to markets as little as 25 minutes away from their site, ensuring maximum freshness for customers, and also training new farmers, TRCA farms are sowing the seeds for a healthier Ontario.
In this video, you’ll meet the amazing people behind the farms across the Toronto region bringing fresh, local and healthy food to plates across the region, including the newly established Black Creek Community Farm. Located in the priority neighbourhood of Jane and Finch, typically characterized as a food desert where residents cannot access the foods required for a healthy diet at an affordable rate, the Black Creek Community Farm has stepped into the role of feeding the community and serving as a place of learning for youth and aspiring farmers.