Daily Bread Food Bank

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invites all gardeners to grow an
extra row of vegetables and donate
the harvest to your local food bank
or community food program
 How can you help?
Whether your vegetable garden is large or small,
add an additional row, bed or pot and plant
something extra. Donate the harvest to your local
PLANT A ROW • GROW A ROW efforts. Bumper crop of
zucchini? Unexpected success with your carrot
crop? Donate the excess to your local PLANT A ROW
• GROW A ROW efforts. Planning a trip to a farmer's
market or pick-your-own farm? Buy a little extra
and donate it to your local PLANT A ROW • GROW A ROW
efforts. Encourage your family and friends to do
the same!
Which crops are best
for donation?
All fresh produce is needed, wanted and
appreciated! Root vegetables (carrots, parsnips,
potatoes) are best however, any produce that can
be easily handled and stored, including broccoli,
cabbage, peas, beans, tomatoes, radishes, sweet
peppers, summer squash (including zucchini),
apples and pears are welcome. Just remove any
soil and bring it in.
How to be involved
¬ Plant your seeds and nurture your garden.
Preparing your soil with organic matter or
compost gives you a good start to a successful
gardening season and bountiful harvest.
­ At harvest time, deliver the produce you wish
to donate directly to the community food
program closest to you (see Drop off
locations).
® Feel good about being physically active and
connecting with your community!
¯ Donate seeds, tools or land to support a
community garden.
Benefits for your community City of Toronto Parks & Recreation
! Fresh produce is an important part of a healthy Community Centres
diet but it is often beyond the means of many
Chalkfarm CC
low-income families. 180 Chalkfarm Drive
Contact: Tod Debling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-395-7802
! Getting 5-10 servings of vegetables and fruits
per day helps to prevent disease and reduce Elmbank CRC
health care costs - which benefits individuals 10 Rampart Road
and our whole society. Contact: Roman Dasek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-394-8671
! Being an active participant in PLANT A ROW • Harrison Baths Pool
GROW A ROW will contribute to stronger, 15 Stephanie Street
healthier, greener communities. Contact: Chris Leonard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-392-0335
Benefits for you Heron Park CC
Lawrence Avenue East and Manse Road
! Gardening is great physical activity. Contact: Margaret Crosby . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-396-4335
. . . . . . . Jennifer McPherson . . . . . . . . . . 416-396-4366
Growing and sharing fruits and vegetables
!
helps build healthy communities and healthy John Innes CRC
150 Sherbourne Street
families. Contact: Dave Hains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-392-0043
Drop off locations Lawrence Heights CC
5 Replin Road
Ensure that the row you grow arrives in peak Contact: Helen Kennedy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-395-6120
condition! The most direct route for your fresh
produce is from your garden to the food program Masaryk-Cowan CRC
220 Cowan Avenue
in your community. There are food banks, Contact: Vince Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-392-6930
community kitchens and drop-in meal programs
across our city that could use your donation of Regent Park South CC
fruits and vegetables to prepare and distribute
healthy foods within our neighbourhoods. To
203 Sackville Green
Contact: Lucky Booth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-392-5490
connect with the community food program closest Rose Avenue CC
to you, please call: 675 Ontario Street
Contact: Rick Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-392-1085
FoodLink Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-392-6655
Scadding Court CC
North York Harvest Food Bank . 416-635-7771 707 Dundas St. W
Daily Bread Food Bank. . . . . . . . 416-203-0050 Contact: Kevin Lee & Krista Fay. . . . . . . . 416-392-0335
Our community partners, City of Toronto Parks St. Lawrence CC
Esplanade
& Recreation and The Civic Garden Centre, offer Contact: James Honeyman. . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-392-1347
established drop-off locations city-wide. Please
call to confirm drop-off times.
If you need information for areas
outside of Toronto,
The Civic Garden Centre please call 1-877-571-GROW (4769).
777 Lawrence Avenue East . . . . . . 416-397-1340