Growing Green Jobs Partnership

Helene May
Vocation Trainer
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
helene.may@camh.net

Karine Jaouich
Urban Agriculture Coordinator
FoodShare Toronto
karine@foodshare.net

The authors will outline the Green Jobs Partnership between the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and FoodShare Toronto. Three programs are part of this partnership; a box washing program, an organic seedling sprout program and an organic market garden program.

All aspects of this partnership and programs will be discussed including how this partnership developed, a description of the projects and the structure of the employment training.

We will primarily discuss the many benefits for the program participants as well as mention the successes and challenges of working with a diverse population.

Full Paper

Source
Presented at the Social Research in Organic Agriculture Symposium. Guelph, Ontario. January 2005


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