Posts 2016-2021
Jun 18 2016
We Think Janet Hamilton is a Big Deal
There are a lot of people doing a lot of good work in the food movement in the Greater Moncton Area. Why do we have a big picture of Janet Hamilton for the first issue or our Food Movement Beat?
Jun 6 2016
Elaine Mandrona — Back to the Land Redux
Elaine Mandrona came to New Brunswick from Connecticut via Wisconsin in the early seventies to start a new life away from everything that was wrong with the world.
Jun 6 2016
Planting seeds — The Simplest, Most Powerful Thing a Child Can Learn
“If they plant it, they’ll be more eager to eat it,” says François LeBlanc of his students. If there is one reason why he helped establish a greenhouse at his school it’s that.
Jun 6 2016
Shannon Gallant — A Foodie’s Dream Job
Shannon Gallant is one of those savvy food people you find everywhere in Vancouver, Seattle or San Francisco. She loves to talk about food because she’s always thinking about food.
Jun 6 2016
Bernadette Goguen’s flock of causes
Even after an hour of interviewing her, we were still not sure of the extent of her involvement in the community – we suspect she wasn’t either – but we had covered the big ones.
Jun 6 2016
Ben MacMichael has a big mouth
Ben MacMichael runs the Westend food bank. To say he’s outspoken is an understatement, but behind that big mouth is a strong sense of what justice looks like.
Jun 6 2016
This is Aaron Shantz — Our Food SENB’s Coordinator
Aaron and Shelley have committed to a way of life they believe more people must turn to if we are all to survive on this planet.
Jun 6 2016
This is Natalie Goguen
“I’m not into that many organizations. We’re all trying to learn as much as we can and we’re all trying to spread the word as much as we can.”
Jun 6 2016
Alya Nourasri’s love of food, teaching and volunterring
Growing food is just one of three prongs to her dream. The second is educating the community. And the third is sharing knowledge with other communities.
Jun 20 2016
New Farmers Symposium Held at Dieppe Market
We spent time at a conference for New Farmers in April at the Dieppe Farmers Market. While we would love to report on what all happened there because we were impressed with everyone there, we have a couple of reservations, mostly because we were not officially invited as journalists and second, because we are not […]
By Elaine and Archie • farming, food movement, food security