Located on the north side of campus, east of the Toronto Pan-Am Sports Centre, and beyond the Morningside Athletic Fields, is the U of T Scarborough Campus Farm. The 10-acre, brownfield site is dedicated to teaching, research, and community engagement on campus. For more information - Campus Farm
The U of T Scarborough Campus Farm provides faculty with the opportunity to use the farm as an outdoor classroom for lectures, seminars, tutorials, hands-on workshops/class field trips, and more.
The research plots provide faculty and their students an opportunity to carry out research studies on the Campus Farm. Each research plot is 5 metres x 5 metres.
Guidelines:
Requests to use the Campus Farm will be reviewed by the Campus Farm Program and Steering Committees.
The Program Committee may include the following members:
The application deadline is December 20, 2021. If you have questions about the application form or how the farm can support your course or your research project, please contact Campus Farm Coordinator, Béatrice Lego, beatrice.lego@utoronto.ca
Please describe how much and/or type of space needed:
Please list seed / seedlings / plants if course activities involve farming. Please verify the invasive and weed status of plant species at https://www.eddmaps.org/ontario/species/
Every user of the Campus Farm is asked to sign a user agreement prior to starting work at the farm. The agreement sets a series of guidelines on the operation of the Campus Farm.