PARTNERSHIP WITH CAMH

In a partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association (CAMH), the sprouting enterprise is also the basis for an occupational therapy project for people living with mental health issues.

Working out of an underused greenhouse at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), participants earn minimum wage helping to produce sprouts and seedlings for sale. The project helps them to gain valuable job skills and confidence, exposing them to the practice of running a small business and offering the positive experience of working with plants from seed to harvest.

In 2002 we started an Urban Market Garden- the Sunshine Garden - at CAMH.