This page contains links to various other options for getting involved in agriculture. They are not CSAs, but they do get people involved in local, fresh produce and dirt under their nails.
The Great Raspberry Lane Project
Every year, in conjunction with CSA Alberta, Edmonton will host a "Great Raspberry Lane" Project. It is based on the fact that:
1. Organic raspberries are really expensive.
2. Raspberries freeze well, and a years supply can be stored easily in a freezer.
3. Raspberries are idiot proof
4. There are acres of wasted land i the alleys behind people's garages.
To address these things we will host a raspberry workshop as soon as the snow is gone, teaching people how to set up, acquire, establish, maintain, and preserve the harvest of a raspberry patch. Free event to members of On Borrowed Ground CSA or PDC.
Join the Local Food movement by filling the city with raspberries.
contact me through www.onborrowedground.com
Edmonton Permaculture
Using permaculture strategies, everyone can can eat local and help save the planet. Design consultants can help you create and install a cornucopia of great food, taking the place of Kentucky Bluegrass.
Go to Edmonton Permaculture on Facebook, www.onborrowedground.com, and www.edmontonpermaculture.ca for details on getting involved.
Go to Edmonton Permaculture on Facebook, www.onborrowedground.com, and www.edmontonpermaculture.ca for details on getting involved.
Good Note Community Farm
We are creating a community of gardeners, gleaners and pastured chicken tenders. We hope to connect the eaters of food to their food and have everyone participate in the growing process. There are gardens, fruit trees, prairie landscapes, really free range chickens and a few goats. We would love to host Woofers, Children's groups and community organizations with a taste for Social Justice and Environmental Stewardship.
There will always be time for music here.....fiddles, guitars, pianos, harmonicas and singing around the campfire.
www.goodnote.ca
There will always be time for music here.....fiddles, guitars, pianos, harmonicas and singing around the campfire.
www.goodnote.ca
Sharing Backyards
Benefits of sharing your yard:
¨ Get a share of vegetables while doing less of the lifting, bending, digging, etc
¨ Increase your community’s local food supply, & thus its resilience to change
¨ Share gardening costs and crops
¨ Gardens beautify your property
¨ Make new friends, build community
¨ Produce more vegetables locally and thus lessen dependence on fossil fuels
¨ Watch your yard transform into productive agricultural land
¨ Bring your old garden back to life
¨ Knowing you are making a positive contribution to your community
Benefits of using a shared garden:
¨ Gain access to land to grow food
¨ Lower your grocery expenses
¨ Help a community member to make use of their garden space
¨ Share your gardening knowledge and put your skill to good use
¨ Reduce your “carbon footprint” as you need to import less
www.sharingbackyards.com or contact Anita at www.onborrowedground.com for more details
¨ Get a share of vegetables while doing less of the lifting, bending, digging, etc
¨ Increase your community’s local food supply, & thus its resilience to change
¨ Share gardening costs and crops
¨ Gardens beautify your property
¨ Make new friends, build community
¨ Produce more vegetables locally and thus lessen dependence on fossil fuels
¨ Watch your yard transform into productive agricultural land
¨ Bring your old garden back to life
¨ Knowing you are making a positive contribution to your community
Benefits of using a shared garden:
¨ Gain access to land to grow food
¨ Lower your grocery expenses
¨ Help a community member to make use of their garden space
¨ Share your gardening knowledge and put your skill to good use
¨ Reduce your “carbon footprint” as you need to import less
www.sharingbackyards.com or contact Anita at www.onborrowedground.com for more details
Community Garden Networks
Community Gardens are springing up in cities all over North America.
In Edmonton, contact Erin 780-488-2500 info@edmcommunitygardens.org or www.edmcommunitygardens.org
The City of Red Deer's Community Garden contact is Ken Lehman, Parks, Planning, and Ecological Specialist 403-314-5854
Community Garden Resource Network (CGRN) strengthens and promotes the practice of community gardening in Calgary. It operates under the auspices of The Calgary Horticultural Society and is funded by The Calgary Horticultural Society, The Calgary Foundation and Evergreen. The Network strives to improve resources for community gardens, promotes the benefits of and opportunities for participation throughout the city and works collaboratively to ease the process of setting up and maintaining community gardens.
If you have a question about community gardens in Calgary
contact communitygardens@calhort.org
In Edmonton, contact Erin 780-488-2500 info@edmcommunitygardens.org or www.edmcommunitygardens.org
The City of Red Deer's Community Garden contact is Ken Lehman, Parks, Planning, and Ecological Specialist 403-314-5854
Community Garden Resource Network (CGRN) strengthens and promotes the practice of community gardening in Calgary. It operates under the auspices of The Calgary Horticultural Society and is funded by The Calgary Horticultural Society, The Calgary Foundation and Evergreen. The Network strives to improve resources for community gardens, promotes the benefits of and opportunities for participation throughout the city and works collaboratively to ease the process of setting up and maintaining community gardens.
If you have a question about community gardens in Calgary
contact communitygardens@calhort.org
