{"id":18076,"date":"2025-02-25T02:52:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T02:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/nigerian-born-farmer-on-a-mission-to-build-food-security-for-b-c-s-black-community-bc\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T02:52:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T02:52:19","slug":"nigerian-born-farmer-on-a-mission-to-build-food-security-for-b-c-s-black-community-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/nigerian-born-farmer-on-a-mission-to-build-food-security-for-b-c-s-black-community-bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian-born farmer on a mission to build food security for B.C.\u2019s Black community &#8211; BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__images c-byline__images--single\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By \t<span class=\"c-byline__name\">Jason Pires<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--hasName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGlobal News<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-byline__datesWrapper\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__dates\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Posted February 24, 2025 9:48 pm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1 min read<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"l-article__details\" data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article class=\"l-article__text js-story-text\" aria-label=\"Article text\">\n<p>Even in the winter, Nigerian-born Toyin K. Ajayi is blazing trails.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a big part of a tiny fraternity in Canada \u2014 there are not a lot of Black farmers in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZero-point-two per cent,\u201d Ajayi said.<\/p>\n<p>He is 100 per cent committed to not just farming, but\u00a0providing affordable, culturally preferred food for Canada\u2019s Black, African and Caribbean communities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11021301_67bd2fba504d4\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11021301\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" 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