Learn to Grow; Grow to Give with Growing Chefs!
The Learn to Grow; Grow to Give Project (formerly Growing Community Greenhouse) is a Growing Chefs! Ontario project designed to create a food secure community by providing up to 60 families in need with fresh food through existing support channels, offering more dignified food access, and running food literacy programming to children and families. Growing Chefs! greenhouse is part of the Food Education Centre at The Grove at the Western Fair District. Children, youth, and adults, are engaged in year-round, hands-on learning about local food systems while growing fresh produce for households in need.
The Sifton Family Foundation is pleased to support Growing Chefs! with all of their recent accomplishments, including:
825 community food boxes delivered
5000 pounds of fresh produce harvested from the greenhouse
$30,000 total value of food boxes
3500 children participated in garden-education programs - where children and youth explored learning gardens and learned to prepare and share healthy meals together
200 hours of volunteering opportunities provided with skill training and community engagement.
5000+ pounds of food grown and harvested annually
2000+ pounds of food saved from waste through distribution channel collaborations with the London Food Bank, The Men’s Mission and other emergency food services.
