CultivAction Urban Agriculture Certification Course

This course is for anyone who is interested in learning about gardening, urban farming, and urban permaculture. Students in this course will gain knowledge on how to produce food in their own yards, balconies, community/collective gardens, and other urban spaces.

For those who don’t have access to an urban space for practice, we will offer hands-on  opportunities on one of Coop CultivAction’s farms to get hands on experience.

The CultivAction Urban Agriculture course will equip participants with the knowledge, skills, practical experience, and critical understanding necessary to enact meaningful transformations within their local food system.

Graduates Will Earn A Certificate In Urban Agriculture

Why Is Urban Agriculture Important? 

Agriculture is one of the leading sources of global pollution, industrial farming is destroying our biosphere and chemical pesticides and fertilizers have negative effects on our health.

Buying locally grown food is a great way to minimize your environmental impact, and learning to grow your own food is even better!

Food prices are on the rise; a study from Dalhousie University, the University of Saskatchewan, University of Guelph and University of British Colombia found that food prices increased by 10.3% in 2022.

Growing your own food is a rewarding way to reduce your carbon footprint, save money and learn practical skills that you can share with others.

Whatever your motivation, with a little bit of knowledge and practice, it is possible to grow an abundance of healthy fruits and vegetables and participate in a movement to cultivate a more resilient and food secure future. 

Learn How To:

• Grow food in urban (or peri-urban) environments
• Incorporate SPIN (Small Plot Intensive Farming) methods 
• Become more self-sufficient by producing a variety of fruits and vegetables at home or in the community
• Understand community food systems and apply the knowledge to urban gardening/farming
• Run a social economy based urban farm
• Cultivate annual and perennial food plants
• Incorporate permaculture methods into urban gardening/farming
• Get the most production in an urban garden/farm
• Understand gardening cycles – what to do in different seasons
• Incorporate mushrooms into your urban farms/gardens
• Forage in urban areas
• Use natural methods for pest control
• Distinguish between weeds and beneficial plants and flowers