Pilot Project Could Turn Hydro Corridors Into Urban Farms in Toronto
Community groups are looking to access Hydro One-owned land to grow market gardens.
By Joshua Sherman
Torontoist
July 9, 2015
Excerpt:
Some of Toronto’s hydro corridors could be yielding fruit and vegetable crops in time for next year’s harvest as a fresh pilot project plants roots.
Plans for four market gardens–a cross between a farmer’s market and a community garden–are sprouting through a collaborative effort between the City and Toronto Urban Growers, a local urban-agriculture group.
“There’s a real shortage of land in the city for growing food on, and a lot of people looked at the hydro corridors and thought that they could be repositioned for the purpose of growing food and for educating people on where food comes from,” says James Kuhns, co-coordinator of Toronto Urban Growers.
The idea has been kicking around for some time. In 2012, the City published the GrowTO action plan, on which Toronto Urban Growers acted as consultants. That plan looked at ways to spur urban agriculture in Toronto. Working with Hydro One to free up more land was on the to-do list.
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Source: http://www.cityfarmer.info/2015/07/10/pilot-project-could-turn-hydro-corridors-into-urban-farms/
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