Debbie (she/her) studied engineering at University of Toronto and is an Organic Master Gardener. After volunteering at permaculture farms in Norway, she joined BUFCO to combine her technical skills with Arlene and Marc’s imagination to encourage mutually uplifting relationships between the earth and its inhabitants through food. She enjoys feeding garden scraps to her bunny, feeding bunny poo to her worms, then feeding worm poo back to her garden.

Julia (they/them) is an Organic Master Gardener who previously graduated from Queen’s University in printmaking and art history. Julia joined the BUFCO team after working at organic grocery stores and farmer’s markets, building rammed earth houses, and designing vegetable gardens. In their spare time, Julia can be found tending their own backyard veggie patch, playing music and cooking for friends.

After a previous career working in visual arts, Elena (she/her) left desk life behind to work with plants and soil. She is a lifelong garden lover, has interned on organic CSA farms in Quebec and worked on an urban flower farm in Toronto. She holds a BFA from Ryerson University and is an Organic Master Gardener. Outside of work, Elena loves being active, appreciating nature, and tending her allotment garden in High Park.

Grayson (he/him) is a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University and the Endeavour Centre’s Sustainable New Construction program. He has honed his craft in a number of different disciplines including organic gardening and natural building. Outside of BUFCO, you can find him tending his rooftop vegetable garden, Morris dancing in the streets, or exploring Toronto.

Catherine (she/her) comes from a varied past far from her degree in English Literature. After 15 years in technology and 5 years of residential construction she happily found her way to accounting and settled in as BUFCO’s bookkeeper. Next to making sense of the numbers, she most loves learning about growing vegetables. She lives by the credo that life is better outside, her favourite place being the quiet solitude of nature either on a bike or in a canoe.

Dixie (she/her) is an extremely well trained Australian Shepherd who has been BUFCO’s official mascot since joining the Hazzan Green household in the early days of the company’s history. She’s a graduate of nowhere in particular, and aspires to eat, sleep, chase squirrels from the BUFCO gardens, and occasionally play. At somewhat over nine years old, she is a little under 10 years old.