Canada: Inside the city school where students design and run their own urban farm
Don Mills Collegiate’s stewardship program has raised more than $750,000 and sends produce to a Michelin-starred kitchen — all student-led
By Diana Martin
Farmtario
June 21, 2026
Excerpt:
Don Mills Collegiate Institute’s Emerging Green Technologies and Environmental Stewardship program is cultivating a land connection and agricultural legacy for culturally diverse inner-city students.
Why it matters
Fewer Canadians have any direct tie to agriculture or to how their food is grown. Programs like Don Mills Collegiate’s are betting that food literacy, taught in the heart of the city, can start rebuilding that connection.
The stewardship program provides students with real-world experience in greenhouse management, urban and Indigenous farming techniques, aquaculture, hospitality and tourism integration and local restaurant partnerships.
“The first reaction I often get is, ‘Why are you talking about agriculture when you’re in a city school?’” Daniel Kunanec, the school’s assistant curriculum leader and stewardship program instructor, told AgScape’s general meeting attendees in May.
“We should all be connected to the land. We should all understand our food systems. We should all understand seasonality. We should all have a sense of food literacy.”
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/canada-inside-the-city-school-where-students-design-and-run-their-own-urban-farm/
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