Toronto improved access and diversity of locally sourced food with the World Crops and Learning Gardens project as part of the GrowTO Urban Agriculture Plan. The World Crops and Learning Gardens project is a network of over fourteen community-based sites growing some of these world crops and engaging urban newcomers through crop testing. The Learning Gardens are spread across the city and several are even on rooftops. This project ensures that a variety of community-based educational opportunities are available for citizens, such as growing ethno-culturally diverse crops from their home country in their gardens, promoting and commercializing these “world crops”, and improving access to a more diverse range of fresh local food.

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