The Hands That Grow Your Food

For Angie, Fertile Ground has been an exciting venture into the world of farm entrepreneurship. Although university-educated in the social services, with five years of community development experience behind her, Angie started shifting towards the world of vegetable-growing through a season of WWOOFing and 3 years of doing urban agriculture work for The Working Centre. Her rural explorations continued during the 2007 season which she spent as a CRAFT intern at Everdale Organic Farm & Environmental Learning Centre. Going into season 4, she is more convinced than ever that she's doing exactly what she wants to be doing. Angie loves getting her hands dirty & is proud when the grit just won’t come out from under her fingernails. When not in the fields or behind her computer, Angie can be found dancing & teaching blues or lindy hop, puttering around her kitchen, tossing a disc, or shamelessly tormenting her cat.



Photo: Early-morning spinach harvest

Since the beginning, Taarini has worked part-time with Fertile Ground. You're mostly likely to find her at our CSA pick-ups, behind our Saturday market table or (her favourite!) escaping the world in the fields while the rest of us are on vegetable-selling duty in the city. Taarini worked at Chick-a-biddy Acres near Peterborough for the 2006 season and has done plenty of her own backyard and indoor growing. She's an avid potter, a local food activist, and the creative hands behind our logo.

Photo: Getting the eggplants started.

Having worked as a software engineer for the last decade, Sidney recently decided it was time for a change and to focus on her long-time love of growing fruits and vegetables. She couldn’t be more excited to venture into the world of organic farming as Fertile Ground’s novice CRAFT intern. In addition to being an avid home gardener, Sidney enjoys letterpress printing and rummaging through antiques.

Photo: Seeding lettuce.

There's a lot of dirty hands behind your food...












Photo: The greenhouse framing crew, end of day.