Who is Growing Together Farm Association?

We are one of the members of the restructured Beet Box Cooperative Farm.  Community Farm is run by volunteers and is located on the Beet Box property.  Same fields, same greenhouse, same barn, same people!

What is a Community Farm?

The idea is simple: a coordinated group of gardeners with a little bit of planning, expertise, land, and equipment from the farm can produce A LOT more food than the same gardeners working alone.

Community Farm is a thriving community hub where land stewardship, food sovereignty, and vibrant culture intertwine, fostering a healthy and resilient future for all. We focus on sustainable practices, with members participating in growing and distributing food, fostering a sense of shared ownership and strengthening local food systems.

The Growing Together Community Farm program provides the opportunity to build farming knowledge and meet awesome people while gardening together in a beautiful outdoor setting on the border of Nepean & Kanata. It also provides you with an abundance of fresh organic vegetables.

How It Works

Participants work a weekly or biweekly shift in our collective garden plot (one acre) at BeetBox Farm. At each shift we plant, weed, and harvest crops in our garden under the direction of a coordinator. We then we leave with a basket of seasonal veggies when they are ready!

Our ComFarm garden is planned based on a CSA crop planning tool giving us each a diversity of seasonal vegetables, flowers, and herbs. The program starts in March with a greenhouse team preparing the seedlings. As of May we add field preparation and planting. During the months of June through October, we harvest, clean, and share all of the veggies from our garden amongst the community farm participants. October sees us winding down the season with bed cleanup in preparation for winter.

This program’s strength lies in having participants work alongside each other in the garden weeding, watering, harvesting and taking care of our plants 6 days a week according to a master plan. By sharing the work and costs we can grow an enormous amount of delicious, organic food together, and we have fun doing it!