Greenhouse Outreach Project

Food Producers Forum partnered with six rural sites across our province to help local communities and small family farms plan and design an earth sheltered greenhouse for production of healthy food.

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The Greenhouse Outreach Project was the latest phase in five years of collaboration with Memorial University, with additional support from Perfectly Perennial Herbs and Seeds, a local heritage seed company.

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The sites selected for this phase were chosen based on evaluation of expressions of interest received from twenty-six communities across our province. The selected project sites were:

• Codroy Valley Community Service Garden

• Gros Morne Farm and Market in Norris Point

• King’s Point Community Garden

• Carbonear Food Bank

• Knotty Pine Farm and Apiary in Port Blandford

• Mary’s Harbour Community Garden in Labrador

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We visited each site then worked collaboratively with each community to help them develop a unique greenhouse design tuned to local needs and growing conditions.

In November, 2021 we brought our community partners into St. John’s for collaborative team meetings. At that time we were able to visit the greenhouse under construction at the O’Brien Farm, and David Goodyear’s four season greenhouse in Flatrock.

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This project could not have happened without the involvement and support of our partners, including Memorial University’s Office of Public Engagement, the federal Investment Readiness Program, the O’Brien Farm Foundation, the Community Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, Perfectly Perennial Herbs & Seeds, Food First NL and dozens of suppliers, supporters and volunteers who have generously provided energy, advice and hands-on support.