Growing Organizations
There is a rich variety of ways to organize urban agriculture initiatives. Whether you belong to a small community garden, a non-profit organization, charity or cooperative, you will find resources on governance and building stronger organizations in this section.
Community Gardens
See our Starting a Community Garden page for starting and supporting community gardens.
Cooperatives
The Local Food and Farm Co-ops Network has resources for starting a co-op, obtaining funding, running effective meetings and co-op board governance. The site also has a map of existing co-ops across Ontario and lots of stories of co-ops in action.
Ontario Natural Food Co-op is a distributor of natural and organic food. Their website has a page describing co-ops and providing links to resources.
Industry Canada's site on co-operatives has guides on forming cooperatives and legal issues.
Non-Profit Organizations
The Ontario Non-profit Network offers some free resources on NFP development, sector impact and communications. Other services come with paid membership.
Charity Village has resources for non-profits and online courses.
Supporting Black leadership in non-profit organizations
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