The world’s population has more than doubled over the past 50 years. This alone has caused immense stress on the natural environment and as a result, we are experiencing soil degradation, depletions of groundwater, pollution, ocean acidification, accelerated rates of extinction, global warming, droughts, diseases, high concentrations of CO 2 and mass deforestation. In a time of increasing population growth, climate change and environmental degradation, we need agricultural systems that come with a more balanced portfolio of sustainability benefits.

We need more local and regenerative options. 

Urban agriculture has been defined as “reconnecting with the community through food, jobs and economic development” and is a sustainable solution.

We are working to address food insecurity and climate change by finding more regenerative, scalable solutions to farming. 

The average farmer is 55 in Canada, if we don't engage the younger generations in agriculture, we will lose it to corporations that care largely about profit over sustainability or land conservation. 

RootedLABs is localizing food production using sustainable systems and leveraging open-source data sharing and DAO principles to then help other local communities do the same. Our urban farms are able to use 'dead' zones (parking lots as an example) and remake them into farms that feed the local communities. 

We are also partnering with Silvi and working on an urban reforestation project in Ottawa - currently planting 160 white pines. 

We have also already made donations to our local food banks (Parkdale and Ottawa Mission) , and Ecology Ottawa 