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Since its founding, the UFT has taken part in many exciting initiatives and projects within the community. Often, groups will reach out to the UFT for feedback that relates to urban food production, education, community garden space, and building healthy soils within city limits. Here are only some of the great projects we have been a part of.
Seedy Sunday volunteers keeping warm! Photo by Laura Tait
Victoria Seedy Sunday is the second oldest Seedy Saturday/Sunday in the world and beloved by this community! Seedy Sunday serves the community as a seed exchange, a place to buy locally-grown and climate-adapted seeds and plants, and a venue for formal and informal learning about gardening, community food resilience, and climate adaptive food growing. After a hiatus during the pandemic, a sub-committee of the UFT took over the Seedy Sunday event from the James Bay Community Association. We were thrilled to have the return of Seedy Sunday in February 2024! Over 1100 people attended the by-donation event and free workshops, but unfortunately many others were not able to make it in due to the long lines and smaller venue. While we were blown away by the continued interest in this vital community event, we were not able to secure expected funding for this year. We're looking for your support to ensure we can offer the event again in 2025. With your donations we will be able to bring back Victoria Seedy Sunday for 2025 and move the event to a larger venue. Please help us reach our goal by donating generously and sharing with your networks!
The UFT Grant Program was created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, when the UFT had limited actions we could take to uplift our community in-person. This program awarded up to $3000 annually to applicants whose projects supported and furthered the UFT and City of Victoria’s aims in relation to food production. Applicants were able to apply for any amount of funding up to $3000, although this funding was meant to support multiple projects each year.
Previous grant recipients include the Oswald Park Community Garden organized by the Oaklands Community Association and the Let It Rot program organized by SJ Burnside and The Compost Education Centre.
The UFT Micro-Grant Program was discontinued after the 2023 funding cycle.
PEPAKEN HAUTW & the Compost Education Centre: Youth Soil Stewardship Series
Iye Creative: Culturally Significant Crops for our Communities
Plenty Collective: Mutual Aid & Grassroots Organizing Fair at the Belfry Theatre
Shelbourne Community Kitchen: Cedar Hill Garden & Educational Resources
