Food Producers Forum

In March 2026, Food Producers Forum brought fourteen people from across Newfoundland and Labrador’s food system together at the MUN Botanical Garden. Farmers, fish harvesters, processors, researchers, policy people and community advocates spent an afternoon on one question: how do we feed ourselves? The report from that afternoon covers what they told us: the barriers to growing and selling food here, the gaps in storage, processing and distribution, what the public does and doesn’t know...

Most of the food Newfoundland and Labrador eats comes in on one supply line from thousands of kilometers away, nutritionally depleted and increasingly expensive. At Food Producers Forum, we believe this province can grow far more of its own food, and we're working on it: Earth-sheltered greenhouses: a marriage between the root cellar and the standard greenhouse, built into the ground to grow deep into the year. Two are going up now, in Chapel Arm and Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook. The...

As part of our Advancing Public Trust in Local Food project, Food Producers Forum is partnering with local community organizations to present a travelling roadshow of food skills workshops throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. The travelling roadshow is designed to connect directly with residents in both rural communities and urban centres, providing opportunities to learn practical food skills, explore local food opportunities, and discuss community-specific food issues. Here are some of our...