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Toyin Kayo-Ajayi talks empowering and educating black farmers in Canada

Toyin Kayo-Ajayi, founder of the Canadian Black Farmers Association, has a love for farming, but more importantly, a love for his fellow black community.

“I love to take care of my community, and I came here 25 years ago, so when I came here, I was not able to find anybody who is black like me.”

It was after COVID that Kayo-Ajayi started the farming association. Having been a farmer for over 23 years, he likes to share his experience with others, trying to get more people to look at other opportunities other than office work.

As grocery prices climb, one farmer bets on growing African staples in B.C.

People said he was crazy to start a farm based in African foods. ‘It’s good to be crazy in a good way,’ Canadian Black Farmers Association founder Toyin Kayo-Ajayi says.

Interview with Toyin Kayo-Ajayi (SN Impact Media)

Mr. Toyin Kayo-Ajayi, originally from Nigeria, has emerged as a trailblazer in Canadian agriculture, with a rich entrepreneurial history spanning over two decades. His journey from Nigeria to becoming a distinguished business owner and agricultural professional (owning his farm) in British Columbia, Canada, is a testament to his dedication, commitment to work, and expertise. (Read the video description on YouTube for more)

Group researches access to culturally preferred foods for Surrey’s Black community

A group of volunteers from Surrey are taking on a project to research a lack of cultural foods. As Sohrab Sandhu reports, it’s an initiative to understand and address food insecurity among Surrey’s Black immigrant population.

Nigerian Youth Engage In A Discussion About Their Most Pressing Problems

⁠Producing Nigerian Food In Canada

How To Start A Farm: These Black Canadian Farmers Are Battling the Food Crisis

Toyin Kayo-Ajayi, founder of the Canadian Black Farmers Association and Nigerian-born BC local says the Black community needs to own land to make food security a reality. Click below to read the full article now.

Food sovereignty for a B.C. Black community

With the soaring cost of living, food insecurity has become a critical concern in B.C. Now one man is on a mission to address the affordability challenges. Jason Pires from GlobalTV reports.

Nigerian Turns To Farming In Canada, Stresses High Demand For Nigeria’s Food

Food Security: Tackling Shortages And Affordability Challenges

Food insecurity continues to be a major problem globally including here in Nigeria. With Conflicts like armed banditry and kidnapping in key producing areas, poverty, climate change, inflation, and rising food prices are some key drivers of this alarming trend. According to a food report, over 31.5 million Nigerians have faced severe food shortages and scarcity this year. How then can this be addressed?

Live on AIT KAAKAKI. The focus on Agriculture, food security and the importance of locally grown foods.

Recorded from a live broadcast, please click on the link below to view on Facebook.

Growing What Canada Eats Next

When fresh vegetables grown by Black farmers in Canada go on sale, they rarely stay on the table for long. “If I put out that I have vegetables today,” says Toyin Kayo Ajayi, founder of the Canadian Black Farmers Association, “it will be finished in less than two minutes.”

For Ajayi, that speed is not novelty or hype. It is evidence of a market.

Read the full article on the Black Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.

Toyin Ajayi featured on CBC Gem

Canadian Black Farmers Association, Toyin Ajayi, is featured in the CBC Gem Documentary series. Access CBC Gem below (account my be required to view).

Toyin Ajayi and the Nigerian Food Shortage

Nigerian born founder of the popular Canadian Black Farmers Association, Toyin Ajayi, and the Nigerian food shortage.

Building a Nigerian farm in Mission

Toyin Kayo-Ajayi wants to spark inspiration in the Black community

Canadian Black Farmers Organization Project

CTV News Interviews Toyin Kayo-Ajayi

Toyin Kayo-Ajayi’s quest to bring Nigerian produce to B.C.

Toyin Kayo-Ajayi interviewed by the National Observer

‘Why there is a food shortage in Nigeria’ – The Nation Newspaper

Nigerian-born Founder of the Canadian Black Farmers’ Association, Toyin Ajayi, has attributed the food shortage in the country to excessive exportation, poor attitude to local farming, and insecurity, among others.