The Boaz Club Journal

Field Notes

Stories about community farming, food security, and bringing year-round growing back to Canadian families.

Do You Know the Story of Victory Gardens?

In 1944, the largest vegetable-growing operation in Canada was not a farm. It was 209,200 families, growing 57,000 tonnes of vegetables in backyards and shared plots. The government doubted them at first. They fed a nation. Here is why that story is the reason The Boaz Club exists.

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