Urban gardening is a fantastic way to produce food and bring communities together, but urban soil can sometimes contain high levels of heavy metals from roads, industrial activities, or old buildings with lead pipes or lead paint.
Test Your Dirt is a partnership between McMaster University and the Hamilton Community Garden Network, and funded by a Forward with Integrity Grant. We will provide free kits to test for heavy metals in garden soil, and then compile the results for a public report.
Our aim is to increase awareness about heavy metals in urban gardens, and promote clean and healthy urban gardening!
If you're interested in getting a free test kit and contributing to this project, please feel free to contact me, or contact Test Your Dirt!
