COVID-19: A wake-up call for food security/sovereignty in New Brunswick
The COVID-19 pandemic should be a wakeup call for governments to address the importance of self-sufficiency and community resilience in ...
Tag: food security
After COVID-19: Feeding a broken food system in New Brunswick’s land of opportunities
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the brokenness of our local food system is finally exposed, without a mask. ...
Farmers require urgent support to ensure food security in New Brunswick
The Green Party caucus in the New Brunswick Legislature has released a plan to respond to the effects of COVID-19 ...
Tantramar COVID-19 task force formed to help people weather pandemic
Memramcook-Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton has announced the formation of a high-powered task force, the first of its kind in the ...
“This place is paradise”: A come-from-away perspective on New Brunswick
In January, community volunteers started the Nashwaak Community Growers gardening group in the Village of Stanley, New Brunswick. I live ...
Public sector kitchens could rescue New Brunswick farmers
Despite being a major exporter of agricultural goods, New Brunswick is one of the most import-dependent provinces in Canada when ...
Supporting local food
For the past month I have been working with RAVEN (Rural Action and Voices for the Environment), an activist research ...
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 ...