The power to grow plants
In the age of supermarkets, urbanites can easily become disconnected from their food and where it grows. In an attempt to bridge this gap, the City Farm School encourages Concordians to get their hands dirty as urban agriculture interns — gaining farm experience without leaving the city.
Chesley Walsh is the organization’s coordinator.
“It’s important to know you have the power to grow plants, to translate and share this knowledge with others and make things live and flourish,” she says.
Divided into three sessions spread across the winter, summer and fall, the internship program explores processes of greenhouse growing, local market integration and harvest transformation. It’s open to the public, and students who cannot commit to the full program can apply just to their preferred sessions.
Prospective interns must fill out an application form and email their CV to cityfarmschool.media@gmail.com by January 31.
Wondering where to purchase the produce grown on campus ?
For the first time, the Concordia Greenhouse is offering a Micro-greens Community Supported Agriculture Program. Sign up and you’ll receive a large bag of micro-greens each week from January to April. The Concordia Greenhouse sprouts can also be purchased at the Frigo Vert and the Concordia Farmers’ Market. Additionally, the City Farm School market stand at the Loyola campus will be starting again at the Solar House in June.
Find out more about Sustainability at Concordia.
