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GNB: Key achievements realized in first year of local food and beverages strategy
19 May 2022 FREDERICTON (GNB) – Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Margaret Johnson announced today that a number of key objectives from the Local Food and Beverages Strategy 2021-2025 have been accomplished. Launched in January 2021, the aim of the four-year action plan is to benefit the province’s agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries sectors through work […]
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NL Government – Time to Get Growing: Applications Available for Community Garden Support Program
Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture April 12, 2022 Funding applications for the 2022 Community Garden Support Program are available to help eligible municipalities and community groups establish and enhance new and existing community gardens. There is no deadline to apply, but applications will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. As part of the $2.25 million […]
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Province of NL: Sharing Fresh, Local Food from Community Gardens
October 19, 2021 Community gardening is contributing to food self-sufficiency in Newfoundland and Labrador. This year – with help from increased funding for the Community Garden Support Program – friends and neighbours in 134 community gardens, including 20 in Labrador, worked together to grow fresh food for their families. Forty-four new gardens were established in […]
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An appeal for calm as tensions rise again over N.S. Indigenous lobster fishery – CBC
Aug 10, 2021 DFO moving fishery officers into area from across Nova Scotia and Canada Federal fishery officers from across Canada are being moved to southwestern Nova Scotia as tensions rise again over an Indigenous lobster fishery underway in St. Marys Bay. The top enforcement officer at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans blames misinformation for […]
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NL Government – Get Ready to Grow: Community Garden Support Program Applications Now Available
April 5, 2021 Funding applications for the 2021-22 Community Garden Support Program are now available to help eligible municipalities and community groups establish and enhance new and existing community gardens. There is no deadline to apply, but applications will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. As part of the $2.25-million Provincial Agrifoods Assistance Program, […]
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GNB: New Local Food and Beverages Strategy to benefit the agriculture, agri-food and seafood sectors
18 January 2021 FREDERICTON (GNB) – The Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries has released a new Local Food and Beverages Strategy 2021-2025. The four-year action plan aims to benefit the agriculture, agri-food and seafood sectors across the province and has three core pillars: Grow NB, Buy NB and Feed NB. Performance measures are in […]
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