Sole Food Street Farms is wholly owned by Cultivate Canada, which oversees its operations and activities.

Sole Food's mission is to empower individuals with limited resources by providing jobs, agricultural training and inclusion in a supportive community of farmers and food lovers.

Cultivate Canada Society is a registered charity established to demonstrate and interpret the vital connections between farming, land stewardship, and community well being; to model the economic and social possibilities for small and medium scale urban and rural agricultural and forestry projects, to address disparities in access to healthy food and the knowledge to produce it, and to nurture the human spirit through public programs, classes, and events. Sole Food Street Farms is wholly owned by Cultivate Canada, which oversees its operations and activities.

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It’s hard to believe it’s been fifteen years since we started Sole Food Street Farms. It was a simple idea - take unused land in the Downtown Eastside, design infrastructure to safely grow food on pavement, and provide meaningful paid work for those in our community who have been marginalized.

Ambitious? Audacious? Absolutely! Here we are sixteen years later and we’re still at it. With your support, we’ve helped hundreds of folks simply by providing a safe space, a sense of purpose and belonging, and access to living soil to grow food for their community.

Since our intrepid beginnings, we’ve produced well over a million pounds of fresh food, paid over two million dollars in wages, and provided training and employment to hundreds of individuals in need - all in the heart of the city.