Catégorie : Community-based agriculture/fisheries/harvesting

A group of people pour apples into a grinder.
Community development

MASH: Apple Pressing

After our 2020 Apple Pressing Event, the team got together to debrief and compare experiences. The information collected at that session was incorporated into a formal report with recommendations and a subcommittee was formed at the Board level to review the report and design an apple pressing program for 2021.

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A scale weighs lettuce in the garden.
Community development

Butler Urban Farm

The Butler Urban Farm is on the unceded and traditional territory of the Secwepemc people.  We are a  farm on Kamloops’ North Shore which grows produce which is accessible to all in the community, free of charge. Since its creation in 2015 the lot has been unfenced, as we intend

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Colleen holds a produce box, including eggs, eggplant, lettuce, squash, spinach, and other greens.
Alleviating immediate hunger — Sharing Food

South Island FarmHub

Priya opened up the weekly box delivered to her door by the South Island Farmhub. Her eyes took in the deep green leafy vegetables, juicy tomatoes, fresh herbs and farm fresh eggs. To think this food had come from just down the road at Mary Alice’s farm! Things had been

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TreeMobile logo, a hand-written script where the "T" is made into a shovel with gerenery on the top.
Community-based agriculture/fisheries/harvesting

TreeMobile: Growing Community Resilience

Welcome aboard the TreeMobile! For over ten years, TreeMobile has been providing people with food-bearing plants at great prices. We offer a carefully selected list of everything from apples to asparagus for the home grower. We sell (mostly) bare root plants in spring, which is more affordable and is the

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All food stories categories

https://fcn-rcn.ca/category/food-stories/strengthening-regional-food-supply-chains/

All food stories

Butler Urban Farm

The Butler Urban Farm is on the unceded and traditional territory of the Secwepemc people.  We are a  farm on Kamloops’ North Shore which grows

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Calgary Seed Library

The beautiful mural with local artists Barun Fox and Juniper Limbs, 2021 The Calgary Seed Library is a grassroots organisation (pun intended!) created by a

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MASH: Apple Pressing

After our 2020 Apple Pressing Event, the team got together to debrief and compare experiences. The information collected at that session was incorporated into a

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