Okra up north: how a forgotten heirloom travelled the African diaspora to Toronto (opens in new tab)

Okra holds a special place in many African-descended communities, and a Canadian farmer with Jamaican roots is growing a very old varietyWhen Nicole Austin was growing up in Oshawa, “It’s often small-scale farmers, farmers of color, Black farmers that make sure that these foods that are culturally significant to us are available, that we grow them, that we share them,” Austin said. “It wasn’t until I’m in these spaces now that I realized how important the place is of farmers of color and Blac...