🥬 Our gardens at Common Roots Urban Farm have provided the HRM community with a fabulous harvest this year, and it’s thanks to the donations from supporters like the Edwards Family Foundation. Thank you for helping more urban community members gain access to garden space and local produce! 🥕

As governments in Atlantic Canada contemplate the creation of a more reliable and affordable electricity grid, the Build the Grid speaker series takes a look across the ocean at innovative electricity polices in the United Kingdom. 📅: Thursday, October 21, 1:00 p.m. AT 📍: Online (host: EAC zoom)

The UK has merged three power grids into one regional grid, controlled by the new National Electricity Systems Operator (NESO). Event Details: 📅: Thursday, October 21st at 1:00 p.m. AT 📍: Online (hosted via EAC zoom account)

🌱 Did you know that studies show gardening helps to improve mental health? 🍅 Common Roots Urban Farm hopes to foster more joy and mental wellness here in Kjipuktuk/ Halifax. Thank you to Mental Health Foundation of NS for sponsoring this wonderful growing season, and this heart-shaped eggplant 🍆!

*Edit: this is "Common Roots Urban Farm's" 15th anniversary.*

Join in the festive fun at the Annual Harvest Hootenanny and Pumpkin Smash on with Common Roots! This year is Common Roots Urban Farm BiHi's 15th anniversay and there will be lots of special surprises 🎉. 📍 Common Roots Urban Farm BiHi (7088 Bayers Road, Halifax) 🕰️ 12:00- 3:00 p.m. All are welcome.

🫛 Common Roots Urban Farm is full of abundance this year because of our generous sponsors and gardeners. Thank you to Chamandy Foundation for helping these radishes grow, and for helping our youth learn the importance of healthy eating and of growing food locally for greater community wellbeing. 🥕

🌱 The HalifACT Nature Connections Climate Commitment Badge invites you spend time in nature to help remind ourselves that we are part of a larger, living fabric. Spending time in nature can benefit our health and contribute to our happiness.

In March 2025, the government of Nova Scotia repealed a ban on uranium exploration and mining that had stood for more than four decades. That May, it opened a request for proposals from exploration companies on three sites known to hold uranium deposits, with a deadline in June. Nobody applied.

🍂 The leaves are changing, the gardens are plentiful and October is brimming with exciting events. Check out the wildly abundant list of things happening this month. Note: some events require registration ahead of time- please find our registration links via the EAC website or our other socials 🎃

We stand in solidarity with Indigenous communities across what is currently Canada who are still healing from the harmful legacy of the Residential Schools, and we honour those who fought to bring the truth forward and ensure this tragic part of our history is never forgotten or repeated.

Today, September 30th, is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, when we remember and honour the thousands of Indigenous children who were stolen from their families as part of Canada’s colonial project. EAC is committed to doing our part, as Treaty people here in unceded Mi'kma'ki.

This harvest season has been brimming with bountiful bouquets at the Common Roots Urban Farm. These luscious bunches were made possible by Bell Let’s Talk, who funds the patient programming at the hospital nearby and bouquets are delivered to the hospital to brighten the place up! Thank you!

🌎 Looking to take action on climate change in your community but unsure where to start? 🌍 The Climate Leadership Badge is an invitation to take a leading role on climate issues in your community and this book list is a great place to gain inspiration!

🌳 Clearcutting, spraying glyphosate-based herbicides and other industrial forestry practices are making Nova Scotia’s forests more susceptible to wildfire. 🌲 To better protect people and communities, all levels of government must take serious, meaningful action.