Community Impact
Building Resilient Communities, One Farm at a Time
Canadian ROOTS Farms™ is about more than food. It's about people. From job creation and training to food access and cultural renewal, our gigafarms are designed to strengthen the fabric of Canadian communities—urban and rural, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, alike.
We don’t just grow plants. We grow futures.
How We Serve Communities
🧑🌾 Local Employment & Training
Each ROOTS gigafarm creates full-time jobs across operations, technology, construction, maintenance, logistics, and administration. We actively recruit from nearby communities and provide in-house training programs in AI-powered agriculture, environmental monitoring, and sustainable systems.
🧠 Education & Youth Engagement
We are designing partnerships with schools, Indigenous youth organizations, and post-secondary institutions to create immersive learning environments—inside working farms.
🥗 Access to Clean, Local Food
By locating farms near grocery distribution hubs, we shorten supply chains, reduce food waste, and ensure Canadians have access to fresh, nutritious, locally grown food—year-round.
🤝 Community Governance
Each farm is developed with advisory input from local leaders, knowledge keepers, and future-facing stakeholders. The goal: infrastructure that reflects the values and priorities of those it serves.
Co-Creation in Action
We don’t build and ask for support.
We ask for support before we build.
From First Nations Elders to local tradespeople, we welcome those who want to co-create a new model for community-rooted agriculture.