In the fall of 2021, our John Abbott College Humanities class, “Sustainable Campus (Climate Change),” went to Vanier College to visit their Collective Gardens with the aim of learning more about urban agriculture. The gardens are run by a few employees, but also mainly by volunteers who work together as a community, with the common goal of growing plants in a sustainable way. This aim contrasts to modern, industrial farming practices, which cause disastrous environmental consequences. We met Mark, a herbalist who works in the gardens. He showed us many interesting plants, such as poisonous…