Mar 19 2020
Charline Kavanagh has a hobby farm outside Moncton. She started off with a just a couple of animals, mostly chickens, but now has a small hobby farm That includes turkeys, sheep, pigs, goats and, of course, ducks. We asked her to tell us how to get into laying ducks.
We are grateful to New Brunswick Government’s Wellness Movement for a Community Food Action grant and to Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) for their support.
Mar 1 2020
Shelley Bauman-Shantz runs a small farm with her husband, Aaron, and her children. At her booth at the Bouctouche Farmers Market her Fireweed jelly caught our eye. Fireweed is a flower that comes up in abandoned fields and sometimes where there’s been a fire. We got her to walk us through her whole process for making the jelly.
Thank you to New Brunswick Government’s Wellness Movement for a Community Food Action grant and to Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) for their support.
Mar 1 2020
Stéphane Couturier is a teacher in a Moncton school who thinks children need to learn to garden because it’s a basic skill for independence. When we went looking for someone who knew how to garden with hugelkultur, his name came up.
Thank you so much to New Brunswick Government’s Wellness Movement for a Community Food Action grant and to Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) for their support.
Feb 15 2020
Brian Pond is a true ambassador for the beekeeping community. He takes every opportunity to get people into bees including a kiosk at the local market where he has a display of live bees in a glass case for people to examine. In this video he took us to his hives and his honey processing shop in Mckees Mills.
Our thanks to New Brunswick Government’s Wellness Movement for a Community Food Action grant and to Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) for their support.
Feb 15 2020
Nothing says homesteading like the family cow. However, it’s an even bigger undertaking than most people realize. But Hannah Buschhaus shows us her how she and her family make it work.
This Food Skills project was made possible by New Brunswick Government’s Wellness Movement for a Community Food Action grant and the support of Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC).
Feb 1 2020
What is the number one business for young farmers to get into these days? Moranda Van Geest says it’s sheep farming. Moranda and her husband had a dairy for for decades after they came from the Netherlands. They “retired” from that and started a sheep farm.
We couldn’t have done this project without the help of a New Brunswick Government’s Wellness Movement for a Community Food Action grant and the support of Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) for their support.
Feb 1 2020
Stephan Leblanc is a young commercial fisherman that just took over from his father. He is from a long line of fishermen and he took the time to tell us about how the commercial fishery works in New Brunswick.
We are so grateful to New Brunswick Government’s Wellness Movement for a Community Food Action grant and to Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) for their support.
Jan 30 2020
Samantha loves to teach people about how to forage for food. At this point in her life her fridge is almost always has a load of foraged food. In this video she gives a quick look at some of food you can find in our countryside.
We are grateful to New Brunswick Government’s Wellness Movement for a Community Food Action grant and to Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) for their support.
Jan 15 2020
Alicia Clarkson is the garden coordinator for the Peter McKee Community Garden in Moncton, NB. When she started there were just a few boxes, but now the parking lot is full and there is greenhouse and potting shed and more. She says most of her job is teaching people every aspect of gardening. Listen as she tells us about how to be an urban farmer.
We thank New Brunswick Government’s Wellness Movement for a Community Food Action grant and to Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) for their support.
Mar 30 2020
Conservation de semences avec Norbert Robichaud
After spending time with Norbert Robichaud, we understood how seed saving is not just about saving seeds to grow next next. It is about preserving culture. We were grateful for his insights into this most important practice.
As always, we are grateful to New Brunswick Government’s Wellness Movement for a Community Food Action grant and to Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group (GDDPC) for their support.
By Elaine and Archie • farming, food movement, food security, food skills project, gardening, seed saving