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FortWhyte Farms

Growing youth, food, and community.

A farm with a cause.

FortWhyte Farms is a working farm and award-winning social enterprise that bridges communities, creates learning and employment opportunities for youth, and grows healthy food for our community.

As a social enterprise, our bottom line goes beyond financial gain to include social and economic benefits that impact the lives of individuals, families, and communities.

Group of youth and Farm staff smiling together

We Grow Youth

Working with Youth

FortWhyte Farms partners with high schools and youth-serving organizations to identify students who would benefit from learning experiences outside of a classroom setting. These organizations then bring young people to FortWhyte Farms to learn about nature, food, farming, health and wellness.

As young people move through the stages of programming they travel the road to self-reliance starting with day programming with their peers, into summer employment, into leadership training, and then into work or further education in the community.

The Road to Self Reliance

  1. Academic and Skill Building
    Hands-on learning at the Farm and in the kitchen.
  2. Summer Employment
    A supportive full-time summer job placement.
  3. Leadership Program
    Supports a focus on gaining independence through specific skills.
  4. Bridging to Off-Site Employment and High School Graduation
    Youth become FortWhyte Alive ambassadors while preparing to graduate and move on to further education, training, or apprenticeships.

Learn about FortWhyte Farms

Assortment of vegetables set up at FortWhyte Farms Market

We Grow Food

The Market

Presented by: The WolfStrata Group

Our weekly summer market is the place to buy fresh, naturally grown, in-season produce, and delicious baked goods. It’s a market with a difference, where you not only support local, you invest in your community too with 100% of your purchase supporting the farms work with youth.

Every Thursday, 12 – 7 pm
July – September

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The Nature Shop always stocks FortWhyte Farms products like honey and various pork cuts all year long.

The Goods: Our CSA Program

Presented by: The WolfStrata Group

We take great care to prepare ‘The Goods’ — a fresh, tasty selection of food from our farm perfect for your table. At every pick-up, you’ll get 8-12 naturally-grown veggies and a newsletter featuring seasonal recipes and stories from the farm.

$600 Full Share (weekly) SOLD OUT!
$375 Half Share (bi-weekly) SOLD OUT!

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Wondering what a CSA is? Check out our blog that answers our most frequently asked questions.

We Grow Community

A Certified Social Enterprise

FortWhyte Alive is a social enterprise — a business whose purpose goes beyond profit to the social and economic benefits that extend into the community. Every dollar you spend at FortWhyte Farms is reinvested in our work providing education programs, skills training, and employment opportunities for youth.

When you purchase from FortWhyte Farms 100% of your money supports this work and it’s that reinvestment in the community that makes the farm a social enterprise.

We are also proud to be a certified Buy Social Canada Supplier.

Dark blue circle with text reading "Buy Social Canada Certified"
People at picnic tables inside tent at harvest supper

FARM STORIES

March 7, 2022

Planting to remember at FortWhyte Farms

This year we are planting lavender and forget-me-nots in memory of Danielle Moore. As beneficiaries of a donation made in Danielle's name, we plan to honour her memory with a splash of purple, Danielle’s favourite colour, to the gardens and fence borders around the farm.