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Vancouver Island project aims to nurture next generation of farmers

Stephanie Jacobs spends her Saturdays knee-high in soil and manure, planting medicinal herbs in a quarter-acre plot that used to be the car park of a racetrack. This is the ……

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Food Distribution, News |

Climate Change Impacts on Food & Farming in Newfoundland and Labrador

How will climate change affect food and food security in NL? What challenges and opportunities exist for local food production in NL, in the face of a changing climate, both ……

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Greenhouses |

Underground Greenhouse: Uses and Benefits

This article has all the information you need to build your own underground greenhouse.…

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Food First Is Hiring

Food First NL is hiring for four part-time Regional Food Animators, located in Labrador, Western/Northern Peninsula, Central, and Eastern Rural.  The Regional Food Animators will inspire…

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Food Distribution, News |

Should Government Be Taxing Gardens?

Even though food is not taxed, the HST is applied to seeds, plants, soil and garden equipment used for growing food.   Should our federal government be making it more ……

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Call For Executive Director

Food Producers Forum is a two-year old non-profit society focused on food security, food distribution and food justice in Newfoundland and Labrador.   In that time, our group has launched…

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Food Waste |

A Vancouver Business Diverts 70,000 kg of Food From the Trash

CBC recently posted this article, about Sang Le and Arielle Lok, who buy misshapen and surplus fruits and vegetables from farmers and wholesalers, then redistribute them to consumers through their…

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Indigenous Traditions |

Food Sovereignty In The North

This article from The Tyee profiles the folks at Tea Creek Farm, who teach people to grow food in BC. Growing Food Sovereignty in the North, One Acre at a ……

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Rising Costs of Food

CBC recently published these articles on the rising costs of food, and what folks are having to do to deal with it. Rising food prices forcing some Canadians to cut ……

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