Adventures In Local Food

No one left behind

This week is an international week of Climate Action, marked by marches, demonstrations and climate strikes held around the world.…

6 years ago

Elections and You

There’s a federal election! The person elected to represent you and your riding will have opportunities to shape public policy…

6 years ago

One Farm’s Approach to Climate Resilience

This spring, I had the extreme good fortune of visiting Broadfork Farm, where a couple of my farm heroes, Shannon…

6 years ago

Growing food in a Changing Climate

I am a Community Food Coordinator in Cape Breton, and I am also a small-scale vegetable farmer at Local Motive…

6 years ago

Transforming communities through Food: the Mobile Food Market

When the Halifax Mobile Food Market launched in 2015, the goal was simple but powerful: to bring fresh, affordable foods…

6 years ago

Indigenous Food: Reclaiming Traditions, Rights, and Future

This was written in Unama’ki, also known as Cape Breton, the unceded and traditional lands of the Mik’maq People. We…

6 years ago

Know your farmer, know your food.

When people think about where their food comes from, they often think about how it was grown. Did the farmers…

7 years ago

When Gender and Food Connect

Gender inequality contributes to different experiences throughout our food system, from production to purchasing. Continue reading → More

7 years ago

Food Connections in a New Place

Food connects to us to different cultural traditions and to the people, lands and waters in different parts of the…

7 years ago

Speaking Up for School Food

Imagine… A young child travelling on the school bus for 45 minutes to get to school. Despite having breakfast, the…

7 years ago