Halifax Seed Co. has donated over 5000 seed packets in the Halifax Regional Municipality for use by gardeners participating in the program. It is hoped that thousands of Nova Scotians will plant an extra row in their gardens this year or start community plots and donate their harvest to their local food bank. The Metro Food Bank in Bedford distributes produce for the HRM to at least 60 different organizations. In addition to soup kitchens, Halifax home grown produce will find itself in schools and meals on wheels programs for the elderly. They like to share their harvest.
People get really excited about it and like to share what they have done.
It just provides a natural extension. Participants may be individual gardeners or community gardeners tending neighborhood plots with other residents. One example of the latter is found on Brunswick Street in North End Halifax. While still in its early stages of development it is tended to by several local residents. The North End plot as well as one other in Dartmouth North have benefited from free top soil provided by the Miller Composting Corporation which processes all organic waste received through HRM's municipal composting program into top soil.