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!
Photo of Ohemaa Boateng, Executive Director of Black Creek Community Farm, standing next to a greenhouse. Photo was taken by: Paige Taylor White A call to action from Black Creek Community Farm’s Executive Director I remember growing up in Driftwood Court. After school when my mother would send me...
🥳 Save The Date 🎊 Our annual farm festival is back with lots of fun for the whole family. Join us for an afternoon of crafts and activities, good food, live music and performances, raffles, and much more. And did we forget to mention free ice cream and haircuts? BCCF’s...
Aaliyah Palmer, a George Brown 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 Aaliyah for sharing this biography with us.