The Fall Equinox is to honour the corn moon and to honour all the hard work the staff and Mother Earth have done over the summer. On September 20th, we honoured them by singing and dancing for the people and the land. The vibrations from the big drum were felt...
Our Executive Director, Ohemaa Boateng, hangs out under the apple tree with Hansel Igbavboa, Foodshare’s Right to Food Campaign Coordinator, Moe Pramanick, Foodshare’s Community Mobilization Coordinator, Nathan Baya, Raoul Olou, Sun Ravichandran, and Ehiko Odeh after an insightful tour of the Black Creek Community Farm space
Hello! My name is Susan Henry-Bassaragh. I am the new Market Garden Facilitator and recently joined the hard-working team Market Garden team at Black Creek Community Farm. Come by the farm and say “hello”, I would love to meet you! I am the youngest of 4 girls. My parents and...
We are excited to share that Black Creek Community Farm is one of the 3rs Ambassadors for the City of Toronto. We’ve partnered with the city to offer the Urban Harvest program, an initiative that helps increase access to fresh food and engage our residents, the community, and school groups...
Our Urban Harvest team has been doing amazing work to reduce food waste through educational workshops and demonstrations on food preservation, diverting the fruits and vegetables surplus growing in our neighbour’s backyards to local food banks, and sharing tips and tricks on how to repurpose our food scraps into delicious...
In this photo from left to right is Gabrielle, Ohemaa (our Executive Director), and Tarrik posing together at the 2023 BSSLP YPAR Presentation This summer we had the pleasure of hosting 3 amazing interns, Zahra, Tarrik, and Gabrielle, from the Black Student Summer Leadership Program, a paid summer learning, mentorship,...
Late last month, Black Creek Community Farm hosted our 11th Annual Farm Festival, and what a day it turned out to be! The community came together for a day out at the farm to support local businesses, food vendors, crafts, activities, live performances, and, of course, free ice cream!
Kasyndra and Bashir as the Value-Add team at Black Creek Community Farm focuses on utilizing the organic produce that the farm has been growing in creating a line of delicious shelf-stable products. The Autumn Equinox is traditionally a time for wisdom and celebrating our connection with the Earth. There is...
Sophia Hou, a University of Toronto placement student, is the new addition Black Creek Community Farm team. We are always honoured to host amazing placement students from a wide variety of disciplines. Many thanks to Sophia for sharing this biography with us.
A new look and improved functions on Timecounts!