Not Just Mayonnaise – Hellman’s Providing Urban Gardens in Canada

By Vanessa Richins

Hellman’s Mayonnaise is committed to expanding the real food movement – which, as their website says, “is all about eating, cooking, and planting local, fresh, whole foods bursting with flavourful ingredients.”

On the website, they offer a message board for discussion (including comments from a professional chef, Rick Hughes), a virtual tool where you can plot out your own garden (and they will send you a blueprint and a seed list) and more about the real food movement.

This year, for the second time, they are also providing vegetable garden spaces for people who don’t have a place for their own garden.

Their partner in the project is Read the rest of this entry »