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The food system needs all of us.

Zawadi Connections is powered by people who believe food access belongs to everyone. Whether you contribute your dollars, your time, your kitchen, or your institution — there is a place for you in this work.

Community members at Zawadi Farm at Downsview Park
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Your gift stays in Toronto.

Every dollar you give to Zawadi Connections supports the programs that make our work possible: kitchen infrastructure, school workshops, land stewardship, and community events. Zawadi Connections Inc. is a registered not-for-profit organization.

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Licensed kitchen access at Richview Industrial Kitchen

Vermicomposting and food literacy workshops for Toronto schools

Land stewardship through our TRCA partnership (ZLSI)

Community gatherings including the Nomadic Supper series

Volunteer

Come grow with us.

From planting days at Zawadi Farm to workshop facilitation and Nomadic Supper event support, there are meaningful ways to give your time regardless of your background or experience. Volunteers are at the heart of everything we do.

Farm planting and harvest days, seasonal, at Downsview Park

Workshop facilitation support for vermicomposting and soil health sessions

Event support for the Nomadic Supper series

Community outreach and neighbourhood liaison

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Partner With Us

Institutions can be instruments of food justice.

We actively seek institutional partners who share our commitment to food justice and community resilience. Every model below is already in practice at Zawadi Connections.

Kitchen partnerships — license your commercial kitchen for community food programming, modelled on Richview Residence

School partnerships — bring Zawadi workshops into your school, modelled on TDSB EcoSchools

Land partnerships — steward agricultural land together, modelled on our TRCA agreement

Event partnerships — host or co-present a Nomadic Supper in your space

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Are you a local farmer?

If you are looking for kitchen access, market connections, or community distribution in Toronto, Zawadi Connections was built to serve you — with particular attention to farmers from racialized and immigrant communities who have been historically underserved by food system infrastructure.

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