Seed to Table: How to Grow + Eat like an Urban Farmer
stackt market
28 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON M5V 0C6, Canada
Ontario
43.6409562
-79.40217189999998
Join Green Iglu and Just Vertical for a four-part workshop series where you'll grow your own herbs and produce, learn about food security and urban agriculture, and use your growings to make handmade pizzas and mojitos! Tickets allow access to all four workshops.
Each workshop runs from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm in the Belgian Moon Brewery at stackt market. February 9: PlantingLearn how to plant and care for spinach, basil and mint seedlings in the greenhouse at stackt.February 23: TransplantingTake your grown seedlings and move them into vertical growing systems. Learn why the price of food is changing in cities and how you can help solve this issue via urban agriculture. March 8: Growing Check in on the growth of your plans and do a systems check on the vertical growing system. Learn about food security on a national level with a special focus on indigenous food security. March 22: HarvestingHarvest your fully grown plants and get ready to cook! Make handmade pizzas in a wood-fired pizza oven with your spinach and basil and make specialty mojitos with your mint. Learn about the nutritional value of store bought food vs. home-grown food while you enjoy the taste of your creations. Green Iglu’s mission is to build local food infrastructure that enables remote communities to grow affordable, nutritious food.Just Vertical creates systems that rapidly produce fresh food and preserve the earth's resources, all in the comfort of your own home.