About

The EGP Mission:

• Increase the amount of land used for fruit and vegetable production on the North Shore.
• Increase knowledge and skills in the community relating to food gardening, thereby increasing community capacity to grow and share locally grown fruits and vegetables.
• Increase access to fruits and vegetables and to food garden space for those most in need on the North Shore.
• Advise on and support policy development around urban agriculture.

Providing opportunities for low-income individuals and families is a priority.

The Edible Garden Project (EGP) is working to address urban environmental and social issues by creating a network that grows and shares local food and by promoting sustainable regional agriculture. We are working to reduce the reliance on foods imported from afar by empowering residents to grow (and share) their own. The EGP is the result of an extensive community consultation process where food security was identified as a key priority area from both a community and environmental perspective. Adequate access to fresh fruit and vegetables is a cornerstone to good health, but is beyond the reach of many low income community members, and current industrial agricultural practises can be highly detrimental to the environment.

The project aims to create a network of communities where locally grown food is produced and distributed to organizations that provide food to low-income individuals and families. The EGP strives to create a network between homeowners with gardens who want to donate a portion of their harvest, people who have under or un-used garden space and would like to cultivate this land for growing food, and volunteers who want to contribute to growing, sharing and learning about locally produced food. We provide information and education to the community where knowledge and skills are built around ecological food gardening.