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Food Waste, From The Sea |

The Great Resource Reclamation

Ben Wiper, founder of 3F Waste Recovery is leading a Newfoundland success story, as his company figures out ways to make use of what we currently throw away.  Rather than ……

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News |

Where’s the Food?

Thousands of gardeners, farmers, foragers, fishers, hunters and homesteaders are already gathering and growing food in our local communities.  We are launching a province-wide research project to…

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Soil |

Jane Goodall on Soil

Save Soil is a global movement bringing together people and leaders to restore Soil Health by instituting national policies worldwide toward increasing the organic matter in cultivable soil.You can…

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Food Distribution, News |

CBC What On Earth

Food Producers Forum Chair Dan Rubin appeared on CBC’s What On Earth on February 27th to talk about our community-driven food security projects.…

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Food Distribution |

Why is Food so Expensive?

Everything seems to be getting more expensive. Food, gas and housing prices are on the rise while paycheques are slow to keep pace. The CBC News series Priced Out explains ……

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Family Gardening |

How to Make Gardening Fun for Kids

Do you want to share your green thumb with your children? Great! Gardening is a truly beneficial activity for kids. Gardening allows your children to create something beautiful; they grow…

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Foraging |

Cooking with the Invasive Plants in your Backyard

Purple loosestrife pops up in Conception Bay South, Japanese knotweed surrounds downtown St. John’s and stinging nettles march into meadows and barrens. Invasive alien plants are…

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Indigenous Traditions |

Kenhté:ke Seed Sanctuary preserves not just plants, but culture and language, too

The Kenhté:ke Seed Sanctuary is in the heart of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, just west of Kingston, Ont. It is home to a 40-year-old living collection of almost 300 seed varieties, ……

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News |

Agricultural Marketing Webinar Series

The Government of Newfoundland & Labrador’s Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture are offering the following webinars to provincial farmers. Getting More NL Products on Retail…

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News |

FOOD AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

How much carbon dioxide and methane does food production, processing and shipping, and food waste add to global warming? Estimates are a fourth to a third of total greenhouse gases ……

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