City Farm School was an urban agriculture training program that was designed to prepare and support its participants to become emerging leaders in the urban agriculture movement. To achieve this goal the school addressed three main areas:
1 – Organic food growing – learning how to grow food in the city
2 – Food Politics – understanding & addressing food security and food sovereignty
3 – Creating sustainable communities – community engagement
City Farm School focused on educational engagement to create unique demonstration sites which addressed issues of urban agriculture and food security. The program grew out of a pilot project in the Concordia Greenhouse in 2010 to become the leading urban agriculture training program in Montreal. During it’s tenure it ran at maximum capacity each year engaging more than 200 people in the internship programs, and an additional 150 people in the advanced courses. Beyond the student body, City Farm School interacted with more than 1000 Concordia community members, 250 volunteers, 15 external organizations and grew over 2000 kg of fresh produce on campus.
Concordia Greenhouse Project 