GP5.1Implement sustainable food projects in the green network

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• 2028

  5.1.1 Green network food program

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  Description: Work with community partners and City departments to identify the feasibility of urban agriculture projects. Implement pilots on public land including traditional foods and medicines and food forests. Upon completion of the pilots, identify priorities for ongoing food projects and a sustainable food program.

  Status: Funding was secured to implement a  Food Forest Pilot in Leif Erickson Park and Boughton Park, planted in fall 2025. These sites will be open to the public in spring 2028.

  There are several ways to access City-owned land for gardening. To learn more, visit the City's  Public Space Gardening page.

  No progress on a comprehensive food program has been made.

  Green Pathways Timeline: Initiate in 2022-23. Operationalize by 2028-31.

• 2031

  5.1.2 Food waste projects

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  Description: Implement pilots focused on food waste diversion, as identified through the Solid Waste Reduction and Diversion Plan, and the Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Waste Diversion Strategy.

  Status: Funding was secured for a food waste reduction pilot program focused on redistribution of edible food by the ICI sector through donation, social enterprise, and best practices in reduction. However, this project is on hold while a community partner (Foodbank & Learning Centre) is building their new facility, which will have commercial kitchen capacity necessary for the piloting and future sustainment of this work.

  For additional information on food projects related to waste diversion, see the  Solid Waste Reduction and Diversion Plan, and the  Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Waste Diversion Strategy.

  Green Pathways Timeline: Timelines are defined in the Solid Waste Reduction and Diversion Plan and ICI Waste Diversion Strategy.