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Thursday, December 8 • 9:30am - 11:30am
Cultural & Niche Crops: Growing Businesses and Community!

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Curious about growing crops that have deep roots in your community? Southern Ontario’s climate supports a huge range of crops from across the globe that are culturally relevant to folks looking for a taste of home. Join us for a panel discussion of farmers successfully growing crops that not only feed their communities but also help strengthen their businesses, from Callaloo to Ginger to signature value-add products that are a hit at farmers markets.
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Cady

Deeper Roots Farm
Deeper Roots Farm is a small scale vegetable farm operation ran by Cady and Alvis. While they grow a wide range of familiar crops, they specialize in growing cultural staples of the African Diaspora like Okra, Callalou and Bitter melon. They hope to expand the range of these cultural... Read More →
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Judy Ning

Judy Ning runs Paper Kite Farm with her husband and two children in Prince Edward County. They bio intensively grow a wide variety of Asian vegetables and seasonal vegetables. Vegetables such as Amaranth, Luffa gourd, and water spinach, to name a few, have never been seen before at... Read More →
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Xiaoping Shen

Long Road Eco Farm
Born in China and trained as an engineer, Xiaobing started Long Road Eco Farm, a mixed farm operation north of Kingston in 2013. In the following years, he gradually developed a Chinese style prepared food business called "Farm Sum".
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Claire Perttula

Claire Perttula (she/her) is the Food Justice Projects Coordinator at Malvern Family Resource Centre, supervising and growing food at Malvern Urban Farm, and a PhD student at York University. At Malvern Urban Farm, she grows a variety of crops for donation to the community with help... Read More →
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Alvis Deeper Roots

Deeper Roots Farm
Deeper Roots Farm is a small scale vegetable farm operation ran by Alvis and Cady. While they grow a wide range of familiar crops, they specialize in growing cultural staples of the African Diaspora like Okra, Callalou and Bitter melon. They hope to expand the range of these cultural... Read More →

Thursday December 8, 2022 9:30am - 11:30am EST
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