Just Food is a local, non-profit, community-based organization that works on both rural and urban food and farming issues in Ottawa and the surrounding region
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New Farmer Training Sessions – this Sept!
Are you a new and/or aspiring farmer?Are you a landowner with farmland, seeking a farm tenant? Check out these upcoming opportunities, starting in September!More sessions & topics to come – stay tuned Accessing Farmland & Land Use Agreements For farmland owners & aspiring farmers Tuesday,
From Field to Vase: Local Flower Arranging Workshop – August 27th, 2025
Ready to turn a bundle of beautiful local blooms into your own work of art? Join us on August 27th at the Just Food Community Farm for a magical summer evening workshop with Madeleine Maltby of Heart City Farm & Florals, where you’ll learn the foundations
Join us for SeedLing Saturday! – May 10th, 2025
Mark your calendars! Join us on Saturday, May 10th from 10:00AM – 1:00PM at the Just Food Community Farm for SeedLing Saturday, our much-loved annual event where farmers, gardeners, and community members gather to celebrate the joys of spring and kick off the growing season
We’re Hiring!
Are you passionate about transforming local food and farming systems and want to apply your skills to this work? Stay tuned for more opportunities to join our team!
Community Gardening on City Land report has been published
Here is an overview of the main recommendations from City staff: Community is asking for: Plus more!You can read more about the details of all of the collective asks by clicking here. How You Can Take Action This Week: 1) Email your City Councillors –
Growing Change: Front Yard Gardening Gets the Go-Ahead in Ottawa!
Front Yard Gardening Approved! Exciting news! Ottawa City Council’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee has approved key policy updates that allow residents to grow food in their front yards and on residential boulevards. These changes will help to expand urban agriculture and food security in
Residential Boulevard Bylaw Updates coming March 27th
City Staff are presenting proposed updates to the Use and Care of Roads Bylaw at this coming Thursday’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee Meeting to address growing food in the residential boulevard. In preparation for this meeting, Peoples Official Plan Plant Strategy Working Group met
Resident Meeting March 18 2025: Garden Boulevard Bylaw Update
This meeting, brought to you by the Peoples’ Official Plan Plant Strategy Working Group, with this policy piece led by For Our Kids Ottawa/Gatineau and Just Food, is your chance to get involved! March 18th, 7:30 pm – 8:30pm via ZoomClick Here to Register
Call for your feedback on proposed changes to bylaws
The City of Ottawa is updating a bylaw that will affect how you can grow food in your residential boulevard (the front of your front yard). The proposed changes are: Removing the existing prohibition on growing food in the residential boulevard Allowing moveable containers within
