invites all gardeners to grow anextra row of vegetables and donatethe harvest to your local food bank

or community food program

Daily Bread Food BankDaily Bread Food Bank

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How can you help?

Which crops are best

for donation?

Benefits for your community

Benefits for you

Drop off locations

How to be involved

Whether your vegetable garden is large or small, add an additional row, bed or pot and plant something extra. Donate the harvest to your local PLANT A ROW • GROW A ROW efforts. Bumper crop of zucchini? Unexpected success with your carrot crop? Donate the excess to your local PLANT A ROW

• GROW A ROW efforts. Planning a trip to a farmer's market or pick-your-own farm? Buy a little extra and donate it to your local PLANT A ROW • GROW A ROW efforts. Encourage your family and friends to do the same!

All fresh produce is needed, wanted and appreciated! Root vegetables (carrots, parsnips, potatoes) are best however, any produce that can be easily handled and stored, including broccoli, cabbage, peas, beans, tomatoes, radishes, sweet peppers, summer squash (including zucchini), apples and pears are welcome. Just remove any soil and bring it in.

¬ Plant your seeds and nurture your garden. Preparing your soil with organic matter or compost gives you a good start to a successful gardening season and bountiful harvest.

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At harvest time, deliver the produce you wish to donate directly to the community food program closest to you (see Drop off locations).

Feel good about being physically active and connecting with your community!

Donate seeds, tools or land to support a community garden.

! Fresh produce is an important part of a healthy diet but it is often beyond the means of many low-income families.

! Getting 5-10 servings of vegetables and fruits per day helps to prevent disease and reduce health care costs - which benefits individuals and our whole society.

! Being an active participant in PLANT A ROW •

GROW A ROW will contribute to stronger, healthier, greener communities.

! Gardening is great physical activity.

! Growing and sharing fruits and vegetables helps build healthy communities and healthy families.

Ensure that the row you grow arrives in peak condition! The most direct route for your fresh produce is from your garden to the food program in your community. There are food banks, community kitchens and drop-in meal programs across our city that could use your donation of fruits and vegetables to prepare and distribute healthy foods within our neighbourhoods. To connect with the community food program closest to you, please call:

FoodLink Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-392-6655North York Harvest Food Bank . 416-635-7771Daily Bread Food Bank. . . . . . . . 416-203-0050

Our community partners, City of Toronto Parks & Recreation and The Civic Garden Centre, offer established drop-off locations city-wide. Please call to confirm drop-off times.

The Civic Garden Centre777 Lawrence Avenue East . . . . . . 416-397-1340

City of Toronto Parks & RecreationCommunity Centres

Chalkfarm CC180 Chalkfarm DriveContact: Tod Debling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-395-7802

Elmbank CRC10 Rampart RoadContact: Roman Dasek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-394-8671

Harrison Baths Pool15 Stephanie StreetContact: Chris Leonard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-392-0335

Heron Park CCLawrence Avenue East and Manse RoadContact: Margaret Crosby . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-396-4335. . . . . . . Jennifer McPherson . . . . . . . . . . 416-396-4366

John Innes CRC150 Sherbourne StreetContact: Dave Hains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-392-0043

Lawrence Heights CC5 Replin RoadContact: Helen Kennedy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-395-6120

Masaryk-Cowan CRC220 Cowan AvenueContact: Vince Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-392-6930

Regent Park South CC203 Sackville GreenContact: Lucky Booth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-392-5490

Rose Avenue CC675 Ontario StreetContact: Rick Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-392-1085

Scadding Court CC707 Dundas St. WContact: Kevin Lee & Krista Fay. . . . . . . . 416-392-0335

St. Lawrence CCEsplanadeContact: James Honeyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416-392-1347

If you need information for areas outside of Toronto,

please call 1-877-571-GROW (4769).