Canada: Sudbury’s Flour Mill home to unique urban farm helping local youth
A full farm right in the heart of the city
By Dana Roberts
CTV News Northern Ontario
Aug 23, 2020
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The Flour Mill Community Farm was first started about four years ago by the social planning council, with the goal of improving access to fresh, locally produced food.
“We also wanted to teach and inspire youth to be able to grow food and to give them employment experience, like little things like being able to come into work on time, teaching them resilience in various different ways, leadership roles,” said Inga Kaletka, executive director of the farm.
Emilie Macphee is a student who works approximately 15 hours a week at the farm.
“Through my involvement I’ve learned many things this summer,” said Macphee.
“I’ve learned about a whole new range of veggies and fruits. I’ve picked a whole bunch of stuff that I didn’t even know existed. Just learning how to cultivate and garden in general really helped, I didn’t really have that much experience.”
It’s not just the youth who have benefited from the learning experience.
