Programs & Events
The Urban Farm offers a variety of experiential workshops and education-focused events to the university community. From hands-on training in the fields to deep dives into the history of our food systems, there are plenty of opportunities for you to get your hands dirty at the Urban Farm!
The Urban Farm offers hands-on, educational workshops on a range of topics and themes in ecological farming throughout the growing season. Workshops are open to students, staff, faculty and members of the community.
What to expect
Each Workshop Wednesday includes an educational component as well as a hands-on activity on a different topic each week.
Fees
General Rate: $20 to $35 + HST
Student rate: $15 to $25 HST
All proceeds from workshops help support ongoing programming and operations at the Urban Farm.
Registration
Registration for our Spring 2025 workshops is now available.
Spend your Wednesday lunch hours taking in the sun and breathtaking views of the city by visiting our newest rooftop farm this summer, located on the 8th floor of the Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex (DCC)!
What to expect
Each Summer Open Farm allows guests free access to the DCC rooftop farm, where they can bring their lunch and relax amid Toronto’s first purpose-built rooftop farm dedicated to Black food sovereignty and Indigenous food sovereignty initiatives.
While visiting, be sure to stop by our pop-up farm stand where you can purchase fresh produce, flowers or grab a glass of homemade iced tea, all made with ingredients grown right here on campus.
Dates and times
Summer Open Farms run on Wednesdays between June 19 and September 25,
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Location
Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex (DCC), 8th floor, 288 Church St.
A Black Food Sovereignty initiative at the Urban Farm, the Harvest Collective and Learning Circle offers free, experiential learning modules to the university community on the third Friday of every month. We’ll explore Black food history and the contributions people of African, Caribbean and Black of African descent (ACB) have made to Canadian food systems, demonstrate how to successfully grow and harvest culturally significant crops and medicines and learn about contemporary issues in food and climate justice.
Learn more about the Harvest Collective and Learning Circle.
Throughout the growing season, the Indigenous Foodways program offers a series of meet-ups for Indigenous students and community members that explore Indigenous wisdom and traditions related to land stewardship, ecological knowledge and ways of growing. You’ll learn about traditional companion planting methods and participate in seed saving, harvesting traditional medicines, supporting native pollinators and more.
Learn more about the Indigenous Foodways program.
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work on a rooftop farm? Students are welcomed to join us for Workbee Wednesdays, where they will participate in various tasks at the Urban Farm, including weeding, fertilizing, mulching, crop removal and more.
Workbee Wednesdays run on select Wednesdays throughout the Fall semester, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Before registering for Workbee Wednesdays, participants must attend an orientation session, after which participants will be sent registration links for Workbee Wednesday sessions each week. Workbee Orientation sessions will take place on September 11 and September 25 from 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Registration
Join the Urban Farm at TMU as we celebrate the harvest at this free event on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 on the Daphne Cockwell Complex (DCC) rooftop farm. Stay tuned for more details!
