- Accession Number
- 2016-11-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-10
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 9 photographs : col. (jpgs) ; 19 MB
- 586 KB of textual records
- Date
- [2015?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 9 digital photographs of Daniel Hoffman, owner of The Cutting Veg, teaching urban farming with the Global Garlic Project, and planting onions and garlic. Also included is one electronic textual document depicting The Cutting Veg's mission statement, issued as promotional material.
- Administrative History
- The Cutting Veg (TCV) is an eco-social enterprise rooted in organic farming. TCV runs four programs aimed at cultivating personal, social, environmental, and economic health. They cultivate multiple acres of mixed vegetables, making organic food more accessible to vegetable lovers of Southern Ontario. In addition to produce sales, TCV runs the “Global Garlic Project.” Specifically, they grow approximately 20 varieties of garlic from around the world, including Polish, Persian, Italian, Russian, Korean, and Israeli. TCV also provides Food Coaching Services, which offers garden & composting project support, agri-business training, food-based workshops, and part-time farming internships. Finally, TCV offers one-on-one “Wellness Counselling” for individuals who want to take steps forward with their health and happiness. Collectively, these programs are helping TCV towards the achievement of its quadruple bottom line: Personal health, Social health, Environmental health, and Economic health. TCV is owned and managed by Daniel Hoffmann. Daniel is an Organic Farmer, Social Worker (BSW), Counsellor, and has been farming in B.C. and Ontario since 2000.
- Descriptive Notes
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION NOTE: The textual record is in a graphic file format but is a document.
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Education
- Name Access
- Hoffmann, Daniel
- The Cutting Veg (Sutton, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-12-63
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-12-63
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 19 photographs : col. (jpgs) ; 72 MB
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [2014?]-2016
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 19 digital photos of Shoresh activities including beekeeping, farming, the Kavanah Garden in Vaughan, Maxie's Garden in Kensington Market, a map of Bela Farm in Hillsburgh, and gardening at Baycrest. Also included is a copy of Shoresh 2016 Year in Review.
- Administrative History
- Shoresh is a grassroots Jewish environmental organization in Southern Ontario. They exist to nurture a regional Jewish community that sees environmental ethics as a core element of Jewish identity, and is actively committed to responsible stewardship of the earth. They do this through educational programs that link Jewish texts and teachings with experiences of awe and wonder of the natural world; leadership opportunities that invest in the next generation of Jewish environmental leaders; and responsive action including environmental advocacy and the production of sustainable products that enrich Jewish life. They operate out of Shoresh’s Kavanah Garden in Vaughan, Bela Farm in Hillsburgh, and through schools, synagogues, camps, and community organizations throughout the Greater Toronto Area.
- Descriptive Notes
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION NOTE: There is a PDF version of image #19 of Bela Farm
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Food
- Name Access
- Shoresh (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-3
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. (jpg) ; 10.3 MB
- Date
- 2013
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one digital photo of Ran Goel with produce. This is a publicity photo for Fresh City Farms.
- Administrative History
- Fresh City Farms is Canada’s largest commercial city farm located on six acres at Downsview Park in Toronto. Its mission is to create and perfect new ways to connect food makers and eaters. Founder Ran Goel lists “his grandmother’s stories about growing up on a Kibbutz, feeling democracy awaken in his childhood home of South Africa and his mom’s stuffed peppers” as inspiration.
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Farms
- Food
- Name Access
- Fresh City Farms
- Source
- Archival Accessions