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Flowers |

Farming Flowers

A family flower garden can grow into a commercial garden if the whole family gets involved.  Here is a lovely example – one woman’s home flower production site in upstate ……

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Pests & Plant Diseases |

Huw Richards on Natural Pest Control

Pest control and prevention is a multi-layered subject. Huw Richards shows you the natural and organic method he uses to control pests in the garden, as well as how he ……

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Pests & Plant Diseases |

Three Steps to Slug Control with Huw Richards

This video is all about how to deal with slugs in the vegetable garden using organic methods. Slugs can be disastrous, but if you use the 3 strategies outlined in ……

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Greenhouses |

Passive Solar Greenhouses in Manitoba

Researchers in Manitoba have been exploring the potential for Chinese style passive solar greenhouses for growing food in cold climates. Here is an article about their work.…

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Indigenous Traditions |

How Atlantic First Nations Are Building Food Security

The Potlotek First Nation in Cape Breton is one of several Indigenous communities in Atlantic Canada that is launching a project to address food insecurity using a geothermal greenhouse that ……

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News |

Indigenous Traditions – Q&A With Megan Samms

Megan Samms is an Indigenous artist, gardener and entrepreneur, owner of Live Textiles and co-owner of Katalisk Sipu Gardens. She spoke to The MUN Gazette recently about honouring Indigenous…

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Food Waste |

Podcast: The opportunity of food waste

Is food waste really an opportunity? Denise Philippe of the National Zero Waste Council believes so. Listen to this discussion where she outlines gaps in our food system and shows ……

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Earth Sheltered Greenhouse |

Progress Report on Earth Sheltered Greenhouse

Our project was launched to demonstrate the potential for year round food production in the challenging climate of Newfoundland and Labrador. We set out to build a working model of an innovative…

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Newsletter |

Newsletter – Volume 1

WELCOME Our very FIRST newsletter was sent out to those who signed up at the launch of our greenhouse project, attended a local garden workshop or expressed interest in the ……

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