Who we are
Co-Coordinators
Rhonda Teitel-Payne coordinated and managed urban agriculture and other community food programs at The Stop Community Food Centre for 14 years. Rhonda also contributed to city-wide food security initiatives as a member of the Toronto Food Policy Council, Toronto Community Garden Network, World Crops project, Parks and Recreation Community Garden Advisory Committee, Plant a Row Grow a Row and GrowTO. Rhonda received a Vital People award from the Toronto Community Foundation and was named Inspirational Leader of the Year by the Ontario Association of Social Workers.
(rhonda@torontourbangrowers.org)
Joe Nasr is an independent scholar, lecturer and consultant based in
Toronto who has been exploring urban agriculture and food security issues for
over two decades. An Associate of the Centre for Studies in Food Security
at Toronto Metropolitan University, he co-curated the traveling exhibit, book and website
“Carrot City: Designing for Urban Agriculture” and led the Programming
Committee for the 2012 Urban Agriculture Summit in Toronto. He is
co-author or co-editor of four books and dozens of articles, including the
seminal book Urban Agriculture and recently became co-editor of a new Urban
Agriculture Book Series at Springer. Joe has taught at a number of
universities in several countries and received several fellowships.