BCCF Fundraising Quilts

Shown in this photo are Janice, Susan, Jigna and Lindz halfway through the chicken quilt project. While the farm is not the most active at this time of the year and most programs are carried out online, a group of enthusiastic volunteer quilters have taken the initiative to work with...

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Recap: Urban Harvest Surplus Produce Collection 2022

Shown in the photo is Anne Marie Walters and her team running one of the local food banks BCCF’s Urban Harvest Program, a partnership with the City of Toronto’s Community Reduce and Reduce Programs, is proud to share that in 2022, we collected and redistributed 2,907.6 Kg of produce to...

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Faces of BCCF: Meet Placement Student, Theodora!

Black Creek Community Farm is honoured to host amazing placement students from a wide variety of disciplines. Many thanks to Theodora for sharing this biography with us. Interested in getting involved? See our openings for placement students.    My name is Theodora Roberts. I was born on the beautiful island nation of Dominica...

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Jar Drive: donate your jars to SweetGrass Roots Collective

Please look through your cupboards to find 1 and 2 litre mason jars you are willing to donate to SweetGrass Roots Collective’s Jar Drive. Jars will be used to package sweetwater from maple trees at Black Creek Community Farm. SweetGrass Roots Collective will distribute these jars to Indigenous community. Jars...

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Faces of BCCF: Meet Placement Student, Jovita!

Black Creek Community Farm is honoured to host amazing placement students from a wide variety of disciplines. Many thanks to Jovita for sharing this biography with us. Interested in getting involved? See our openings for placement students.  My name is Jovita Ndagire, a fourth-year student at York University doing Business and Society. I...

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Faces of BCCF: Meet Placement Student, Lara!

Black Creek Community Farm is honoured to host amazing placement students from a wide variety of disciplines. Many thanks to Lara for sharing this biography with us. Interested in getting involved? See our openings for placement students.    Hi, I am Lara. I am in my second year of the Community Worker Program...

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Winter in Our Farm Park

As winter and cold have rolled into the farm, the Farm Park team has worked on getting our site organized, cleaned up, and planning for next year. Some of our activities have been putting on the wiigiwaam skirt, cleaning up our community garden plots, creating our programs calendar for next...

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Memories of the Summer with Our Elders

Oh, those warm summer days… The Seniors Program is preparing for another year of growing, learning and fun. We’re planning for a whole new group of elders who will join our program for the 2023 season.  For those interested a large part of our seniors’ program is being able to...

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Faces of BCCF: Meet Nadia, our Development Manager

Nadia has just joined the team as Development Manager – Welcome!  Tell us about you! Living in the city all my life, I have always been surrounded by multiculturalism, leaving me with an appreciation for diversity. My family is originally from Bangladesh and while visiting during summer holidays, I grew...

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