Work has been ongoing behind the scene. We have worked hard to expand our brain-trust through an advisory board. We’ve added more urban farming expertise in the form of Ward Teulon of City Farm Boy and Michael Ableman of Foxglove Farm.
We have been developing our training program for inner-city residents. We will have a public info session soon for folks interested in that. We will also be having a third build day. We’ve taken the advise from others and refined the layout of the farm. We are currently deliberating on what to grow. We have conflicting demands, we want to break even and provide income for inner-city residents, but we also want to provide some locally grown healthy food that is affordable for folks living in the inner-city.
We’ve even looked at adding another site, we are actively exploring two plots, but we may not have the resources to start a second or third farm with our first not even having produced a crop.
We plan on adding more growing space to SOLEfood and building some low tunnels to increase the growing season. We also will be transplanting seedlings rather than going from seed, we have a lot of logistical issues to work out in time for Spring.
Ward was recently the subject of a story by Francis Bula, in the Globe And Mail.
