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Grow Canada

@GrowCanada

Growing food for Canadians, sustainably, humanely, organically. Food Justice. We like simple & complex proteins... a lot!

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Joined May 2013
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Getting ready to tuck in our babies 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱❤️🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 #yyc
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Our 8th Bday Celerybration included planting 420lbs of seed potatoes! #yyc
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#cdnpoli #farm
Realign & shine (@PaulyHughes) profile pictureRealign & shine@PaulyHughes27 Oct 2020
Replying to @ronwardrop
Your monopoly on Big Picture. And here’s something else for you to chew on. The horrific living conditions for industrial, factory eggs:
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#cdnpoli
Grow Calgary (@GrowCalgary) profile pictureGrow Calgary@GrowCalgary14 Aug 2020
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Students can earn $1000 via CSSG by volunteering. Contact @GrowCalgary for amazing opportunities. #yyc #ableg #cdnpoli #yyccc
Grow Calgary (@GrowCalgary) profile pictureGrow Calgary@GrowCalgary30 Jun 2020
Want to volunteer and earn hours for a Canada Student Service Grant, Transformative Talent Internship Scholarship, or just because you care about food security? Email us NOW for both on & off positions! #yycfood #growvid2020 #growcalgary
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I bet @ChildMntlHealth could use some of those @CalgaryPolice funds. The work they do earlier helps prevent later police involvement. Fix the roof & we won’t need the police bucket as much. #yyc #yyccc @calgarypolice
Dónal O'Beirne 🇺🇦 (@DonoYEG) profile pictureDónal O'Beirne 🇺🇦@DonoYEG8 Jun 2020
De-funding the police doesn't mean getting rid of the police. It means redirecting budgets into social services that will better support communities, and removing the social services mandate that has fallen to the police. Also demilitarizing the police. theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
Four officers, no weapons, no charges: A Yukon First Nation’s solution for keeping the peace

Four officers, no weapons, no charges: A Yukon First Nation’s solution for keeping the peace

In Whitehorse, colonialism and crime have damaged the people of Kwanlin Dun’s relationships with the RCMP and one another. Now, a pilot project is trying to do policing differently — and Indigenous...

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If 100% of this space was used for growing food, it could feed about 709,000 people per year their “five a day” fruits and vegetables. -University of Sheffield #yyc #yyccc #ableg #foodsecurity #jobs #econdev @sheffieldaps
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Way to go, Kayla! #food #gardening @growcalgary @growcanada @adamrobb #yyc #covid19
kayla (@k_plainandtall) profile picturekayla@k_plainandtall6 Jun 2020
I couldn’t have done it without my amazing teacher(s)! Thank you for the absolutely glowing nomination!
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Non-profit urban farm, Grow Calgary, taking food production into their own hands #yyc #yeg #FoodAccess #FoodSecurity #UrbanAg #ableg cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/g…
Non-profit urban farm taking food production into their own hands | CBC News

Non-profit urban farm taking food production into their own hands | CBC News

Grow Calgary is offering a free certificate course in small-scale agricultural farm management.

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18 months of negotiations with a not for profit community farm arbitrarily terminated. No farm in 2019 & 2020. Death by #UCPRedTape & #BureaucraticBurden. #OMGov #ableg @GrowCalgary #poverty #foodaccess #SnackInTheShack
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#cdnpoli #BCPOLI #ABPoli #SKPoli #MBPoli #ONPoli #TOPoli
Grow Calgary (@GrowCalgary) profile pictureGrow Calgary@GrowCalgary5 Feb 2019
Lettuce Celerybrate!!! #yyc #yeg #yyccc #ableg #cdnpoli #foodaccess #urbanag #foodsecurity #Farm #food #health
Alberta to evict #urban community farm that supplies shelters with organic produce theglobeandmail.com/canada/b… #ableg #cdnpoli #UrbanAg #UKPoli #USPoli #Poverty #FoodSecurity #Food #Farm
Alberta to evict urban community farm that supplies shelters with organic produce

Alberta to evict urban community farm that supplies shelters with organic produce

The minister dismissed Mr. Hughes’s request for the farm to stay where it is. “He’s squatting on provincial land and I don’t think he’s in a position to make a whole bunch of extensive demands,” Mr....

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Realign & shine (@PaulyHughes) profile pictureRealign & shine@PaulyHughes2 Feb 2019
Replying to @RachelNotley
We couldn't agree more! 17,000 youth helped build farm, aka KidsFarm via FREE field trips. 500+ students from @UCalgary volunteer at farm. @GrowCalgary has presented & provided research to 20+ classes. Free to all kids. Kids love Farms! #ABLeg #YYC #YEG #Youth #EDU #FoodAccess
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Meanwhile in Alberta. #cdnpoli The Globe and Mail #Canada facebook.com/story.php?story…
The Community Food Lab, everybody. #ABLeg @SPhillipsAB
community food lab (@comm_food_lab) profile picturecommunity food lab@comm_food_lab15 Jan 2019
This inspiring project in Calgary sets an example for people doing good work everywhere. One of the many import points community urban farms do is connect more people to the food system we all participate in. Sign the petition support @GrowCalgary #urbanfarm #support #community
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Thank you, @comm_food_lab! Help save Canada's largest urban community farm! #cdnpoli #ableg #yyc #urbanag #foodaccess #FoodSecurity #Urban @NewUrbanism @100ResCities #yyccc @SANDRAYYCNW @bmasonNDP @RachelNotley @sandersonNDP
community food lab (@comm_food_lab) profile picturecommunity food lab@comm_food_lab15 Jan 2019
This inspiring project in Calgary sets an example for people doing good work everywhere. One of the many import points community urban farms do is connect more people to the food system we all participate in. Sign the petition support @GrowCalgary #urbanfarm #support #community
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Thank you for your support, Canada! #FoodFight #Canada #cdnpoli #CanadianFarms #SaveGrowCalgary
Grow Calgary (@GrowCalgary) profile pictureGrow Calgary@GrowCalgary9 Jan 2019
Cracked 1000!!!! The Community Farm is grateful to all of you for taking time to help #SaveGrowCalgary!! #FoodFight #NoHarmFromTheFarm #yyc #yeg #ableg#yyccc #yegcc #cdnpoli #FoodAccess #Farm #Food #Homelessness #Poverty
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Save The Farm! #Canada #CdnPoli #CdnFarm #CdnAg
Grow Calgary (@GrowCalgary) profile pictureGrow Calgary@GrowCalgary9 Jan 2019
Countdown to 1000! We're 10 signatures away! Thank you for your support, #Alberta! change.org/p/premier-notley-… #Food #Farm #Health #ableg #YYC #YEG
2,551 people signed and won this petition

2,551 people signed and won this petition

Save Grow Calgary Farm

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Almost 1,000 signatures to #SaveGrowCalgary Farm! Not only is Grow Calgary Canada's largest urban community farm, but it is the largest agricultural educational facility in Calgary. All field trips are 100% free for... change.org/p/premier-notley-…
2,551 people signed and won this petition

2,551 people signed and won this petition

Save Grow Calgary Farm

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#CdnPoli #ABLeg Grow Calgary needs your support. Please consider signing the #SaveGrowCalgary petition change.org/p/premier-notley-… change.org/p/premier-notley-…
2,551 people signed and won this petition

2,551 people signed and won this petition

Save Grow Calgary Farm

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