Toronto Urban Growers

History of UA in Toronto

  • 10,000 years ago

    First Indigenous settlements are formed.

  • 1600-600 BCE

    Corn, beans, squash and sunflowers introduced from the south.

  • 1991

    Toronto Food Policy Council is created by Toronto City Council

  • 1999 

    City Council endorses the Community Garden Action Plan, which sets the goal of establishing a community garden in every ward of the city.

    Founding of Toronto Community Garden Network.