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News |

Dan Rubin Talks To Conservation Corps NL

Dan Rubin, Chair of Food Producers Forum, recently spoke to Conservation Corps of Newfoundland and Labrador about growing food at home and the work of Food Producers Forum. Read the ……

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PSA: New Outreach Program for Community Food Hubs

FOOD PRODUCERS FORUM OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY FOOD HUBS FOOD PRODUCERS FORUM, a provincial non-profit group supporting community-based food production in Newfoundland and Labrador, is excited to…

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Media Coverage, News |

CBC Morning Show About Food Hubs

How far can $10,000 really go to help solve a mammoth issue like food security in NL? Dan Rubin from the Food Producers Forum spoke to CBC St. John’s Morning ……

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Seeds |

Why Do Seeds Matter?

In this thought-provoking video Matt Powers at Baker Creek Seeds thoroughly explains the differences between heirloom, heritage, land race seeds, hybrid seeds and genetically modified seeds. As Matt…

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Soil |

A Reliable Soil Mix For Your Greenhouse

In this short video, David Jason Goodyear, owner of the Homestead at Flatrock here in Newfoundland demonstrates how he mixes ingredients to create a reliable soil mix for his greenhouse ……

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Media Coverage, News |

FPF’s Dan Rubin & Nancy Winsor on “Out Of The Fog”

Food Producer Forum’s Board Chair, Dan Rubin and creator of the NL Grown Food Map, Nancy Winsor appeared on Rogers TV program “Out Of The Fog” last week. Dan & ……

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Greens |

Easy To Grow Greens

Thanks to Petra at Fruition Seeds in New York state and her crew of young gardeners dedicated to community and organic seeds, we are sharing these tips on easy to ……

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Soil |

Soil pH And How To Understand It

This contributor to the wonderful tongue-in-cheek website Garden Rant has something new to teach us about soil pH (acidity/alkilinity). Organic gardener Phil Nauta wants us to understand that we need…

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Food Distribution |

Cataloguing The World’s Edible Plants

One Tasmanian’s 54-year obsession to catalogue all of the world’s edible plants to end malnutrition is described in this article:…

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Herbs |

All About Echinacea

This article, from the March issue of GardenMaking online news, has valuable information about coneflower, known by its scientific name, Echinacea, a common healing herb recognized for its immune…

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