Supporting local food
For the past month I have been working with RAVEN (Rural Action and Voices for the Environment), an activist research ...
Tag: food security
Moving forward on rural community food security in New Brunswick
In New Brunswick, we are self-sufficient in a handful of products: seafood, blueberries, potatoes, fish, and sometimes strawberries. Yet overall, ...
Local food, for local communities – A letter from New Brunswick’s future #8
July 26, 2040 (New Brunswick) Dear Friends and Neighbours, It is a joy indeed to see the work of many ...
Go east, young woman – A letter from New Brunswick’s future #5
March 1, 2030 (Fredericton, NB) Dear New Brunswickers, I’m excited for next week. It’ll be Wednesday March 6, 2030 and ...
Growing Farmers: a film about the Hayes Urban Teaching Farm [video]
The Hayes Urban Teaching Farm is located within the City of Fredericton. Since the 1800s, five generations of the Hayes ...
Hayes Urban Teaching Farm shows that NB’s economic future can be bright
Today's news announced that New Brunswick may actually be in last place for economic growth. Cue online comment sections crammed ...
Collective garden in Kouchibouguac Village provides fresh produce to people in need
In just two years, a Kent County community group has given more than 3,000 pounds of fresh garden vegetables, free ...
Is food insecurity just a neoliberal euphemism for hunger?
Fredericton is all abuzz about food. We hear things like “buy local," "buy what's in season," "buy organic”. We are ...
Stanley Market season to be longest yet
The 2013 market season in Stanley is coming back earlier than ever to the small town. Commencing on April 21 ...
The roots of hunger: why food bank use is up in Atlantic Canada
Food Banks Canada released its latest statistics on national food bank usage this week. The data are assembled in a ...
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