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How To Grow Carrots In Containers – The Definitive Guide
Container Carrots! Growing Carrots in pots and containers is both fun, easy, and actually sometimes preferable than growing them straight...
Apr 4, 20221 min read


Seedheads Podcast
Podcast host Steph Benoit’s grandma, Lois Armstrong, has had a huge influence on her relationship with the natural world. She wanted to...
Mar 26, 20221 min read


Fresh Peas: Botany and Genetics
Pisum Sativum has a foundational place in our understanding of genetics and how traits are passed from one generation to the next. What...
Mar 20, 20221 min read


Extra Benefits Of Compost
Compost Is Amazing! Its a wonderful byproduct of our backyard gardening cycle. Kitchen waste, food scraps, and yard trimmings are turned...
Mar 18, 20221 min read


Planting Lettuce In A No Dig Garden
Here are some tips from Vasili’s Garden on no-dig lettuce. Vasili’s Garden offers information to create a healthier and sustainable...
Mar 17, 20221 min read


Grow Perfect Kale Every Time!
“Eat your greens!” they said…and they weren’t wrong! Kale, (like all leafy greens) are some of the healthiest foods you can eat....
Mar 16, 20221 min read


The Best FLOWERS To BOOST Vegetable Gardens
Harness the power of flowers to boost and protect your crops as well as wildlife. We all know that flowers are good for wildlife, but...
Mar 13, 20221 min read


Beets: Breeding for Flavour and Colour
Solveig literally wrote the book (well, the dissertation) on table beet flavour. Rich, sweet, and earthy, beet flavour is in part...
Mar 11, 20221 min read


The Great Resource Reclamation
Ben Wiper, founder of 3F Waste Recovery is leading a Newfoundland success story, as his company figures out ways to make use of what we...
Mar 7, 20221 min read


How to Make Gardening Fun for Kids
Do you want to share your green thumb with your children? Great! Gardening is a truly beneficial activity for kids. Gardening allows your...
Feb 25, 20221 min read


How this year-round indoor farm is tackling food insecurity in N.L.
Newfoundland and Labrador’s winter weather might not present the best opportunities for growing fruits and vegetables, but a Mount Pearl...
Jan 12, 20221 min read


Alberta’s Vertical Farms Focus on Stability, Sustainability
In a warehouse bay nestled between a casino and a car dealership in southeast Calgary, NuLeaf Farms produces leafy greens and herbs such...
Jan 3, 20221 min read


How an Ottawa company diverts food waste from landfills
An Ottawa-based company is trying to change the way households across the country dispose of food waste with innovative technology that...
Jan 2, 20221 min read


Eat The Coast - Stamp 'n' Go Fish Cakes
Here is the another video in the Social Justice Co-op’s Eat The Coast cooking show series! Interested in more videos from this cooking...
Jan 2, 20221 min read


Eat the Coast—Spicy Squid Salad
Here is the latest video in the Social Justice Co-op’s Eat The Coast cooking show series! This episode features a recipe for “Spicy Squid...
Dec 18, 20211 min read


Potato History from the Smithsonian
The fascinating story of how the potato was originally cultivated in South America (where hundreds of varieties are still grown), then...
Dec 18, 20211 min read


Create a Permaculture Food Forest
A food forest, or edible forest garden, is a food production strategy. The wonderful folks at Tenth Acre Forest posted this helpful blog...
Dec 18, 20211 min read


Putting Down Roots In Backyards
In Vancouver, immigrants receive less attention for ‘greening’ the city, but their efforts feed families and help plants adapt. Putting...
Sep 26, 20211 min read


Growing Lettuce & Saving Seeds : A Video From “The Bauta Family Seed Security Initiative”
Fall and Summer leaf lettuces are being trialed across Ontario this year through the Farmer-Led Research Program, and gardeners, farmers...
Aug 9, 20211 min read


Breeding Peppers: A Video From “The Bauta Family Seed Security Initiative”
The diversity of peppers is truly amazing! Did you know there are 38 species of Capsicum peppers, including Capsicum annum — the most...
Aug 4, 20211 min read
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