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In March, Food Producers Forum brought together fourteen people who work across the NL food system — farmers, fishers, food scientists, researchers, processors, educators, nonprofit reps and policy advocates — for a wide-ranging conversation on its problems and potentials. The first result is a new report: How Do We Feed Ourselves? A Report from the Provincial Food System Think Tank. One afternoon was never going to resolve the formidable issues in play, but the session estab

On Friday, May 8, Food Producers Forum and the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University are hosting Waste Not! — a full-day symposium on food waste and food sovereignty in Newfoundland and Labrador. The event will feature four panel sessions moving through the full food chain — terrestrial production, fisheries, retail and consumer waste, and a final integration session focused on priorities and pathways forward. Panelists include researchers, farmers, government and indust

With a provincial election coming, Food Producers Forum has created an ad hoc group to develop policy recommendations to better support...

From left to right: Tom Davis, Alison Snow, Dan Rubin, Viviana Ramírez-Luna On the evening of Thursday, May 1st, during the Applause...

Our 2022 food producers' survey revealed that NL communities are already producing millions of pounds of local food each year. The...