Returning Home: The Rematriation of the Algonquin Pumpkin and Speckled Algonquin Bean

Indigenous, Print Publication, Seeds, Uplifting BIPOC

By Rebecca Ivanoff   At the EFAO Conference in 2024, Kara Tremblay and Janice Brant connected and began dreaming of rematriating the Algonquin Pumpkin and Speckled Algonquin Bean back to Kara’s community project at Leading Cloud Gardens in Apitipi.    “I...

In Review: Cubao is Theirs

Education, Farmer-Led Research, Media, Print Publication, Uplifting BIPOC

EFAO Member Lily Phan recounts the screening of Cubao is Theirs, a documentary about women farmers in Cuba.

Member Profile: The Mothers of the Earth

EFAO, Print Publication, Uplifting BIPOC

Tiffany Lauren of Agápe Farmgates and Trout Lily Organic Plant Nursery discusses collective care, growing culturally diverse crops, and her journey as a farmer.

Member Profile: Grow Food, Not Lawns

EFAO, Print Publication, Uplifting BIPOC

Since 2011, Audrey McDonald has been growing organic vegetables, culinary herbs, tropical plants, and flowers at The Greenhouse Eatery on rented land in Brampton, Ontario.

Member Profile: Anan Xola Lololi, 27 Years of Black Food Sovereignty, and Counting

Issues, Print Publication, Uplifting BIPOC

EFAO Board Member Anan Lololi is the Chair of the Black Food Sovereignty Working Group, an initiative of Afri-Can FoodBasket that emerged when the organization began working with the City of Toronto’s Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit (CABR) to create The Toronto...

Member Profile: Back to Their Roots

Print Publication, Uplifting BIPOC

EFAO spoke with four farmers leading three unique farming and land stewardship operations in Ontario to find out how their personal histories, philosophies and experiences have influenced their approaches to farming.      Cady & Alvis operate Deeper Roots...