Picking
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As We Fish and Farm

I came to Newfoundland for the first time just over four years ago. I can still vividly recall taking the ferry across from Nova Scotia in the late winter, listening to the groaning sounds of the ice around the boat. Within two months of arriving I made my first trip to Bonne Bay, a remote fjord on the west coast of the island. I went to learn about the food system and fisheries in the region as part of a PhD program I was beginning at Memorial University that fall.

As We Fish and Farm
Picking, Preparing
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DIY Maple Syrup

Maple syrup conjures up images of towering arboretums in places like Quebec or Vermont, but it’s a little known secret that the rugged and hardy maple trees of Newfoundland make darn fine maple syrup. With nothing more than a half dozen maple trees, some old salt beef containers and a handful of 25 cent metal tree taps, you’re good to go and can expect to end up with over a dozen bottles of hand made maple syrup.

DIY Maple Syrup
Picking, Planting, Preparing
Andreae C
My front yard grocery store
My front yard grocery store
Events, Picking, Planting
Costa Kasimos
Bits and Pieces: Along the Shore

Spectacular vistas, whales breaching, ice bergs floating by, and a foragers paradise. We are blessed with many wilderness areas that offer abundant edible plants. I rarely go on a hike without stopping to have a little taste of this or that. In this post, I will touch upon some of the edibles currently available in our wonderful wilderness.

Bits and Pieces: Along the Shore
Planting
Matthew Middleton
Growing In A Potato Box

Thanks to the listing from Seeds of Diversity, I was able to locate a gentleman in Newfoundland who has a great deal of experience growing a wide variety of potatoes here. Last week, I recieved by my set of samples from George, and here's what my benefactor told me about the varieties:

Red Dutch: A very dry, yellow flesh red from Holland in the 1940’s. An excellent potato. Late maturing.

Northern White: A white flesh variety, from Quebec apparently, from the early 1900’s. Very high yield. Good taste.

Growing In A Potato Box

Events

Grown Right Here: The Value of Local Food

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A Free Public Lecture hosted by the Friends of Pippy Park and the Pippy Park Heritage Committee Pippy Park is home to many food-growing initiatives, including not less than three community gardens, a commercial farm (our good friends at Mount Scio Farm), a botanical garden with wonderful hands-on gardening programs, and the Friends' own family garden program.

As an outreach initiative, this lecture is being held outside the Park:

Where: third floor "Rocket Room" at the Rocket Bakery (formerly Auntie Crae's) at 272 Water Street.

When: 7:30 pm, Tuesday, May 10th

Refreshments will be served following the lecture.

Pass this on if you're in the St. John's area!

Spring Meetings- Get Involved!

Spring Meetings- Get Involved!

Every year non-profit and co-operative community groups need to have an annual general meeting (AGM). These meetings are really important to the functioning of the organizations. If you've been thinking about getting more involved with your local food initiative, then AGMs are a good time to check things out. Find out more about the upcoming Western Environment Centre, Food Education Action St. John's (FEASt), and the St. John's Farmers' Market Co-operative annual general meetings.